Anything But Typical
Publisher
Simon
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781416995005
Pages
208 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Jason Blake is an autistic twelve-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online site as he does. Jason can be himself when he writes and he thinks that PhoneixBird-her name is Rebecca-could be his first real friend. But as desperate as Jason is to met her, he's terrified that if they do meet, Rebecca wil only see his autism and not who Jason really is.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
HL640L
Diversity Topics
Health & Disability; Developmental disability; autism
Main Character
male child
Race/Ethnicities
Undetermined
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2009, Finalist, Middle Grade Fiction
Schneider Family Book Award, 2010, Winner, Middle School
Keywords
friendship; bullying; school; siblings; brothers; writing
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Baskin, Nora Raleigh, "Anything But Typical" (2010). Diverse Families. 2268.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2268