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Mockingbird

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Caitlin has Asperger's. The world according to her is black and white; anything in between is confusing. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. But Devon has died, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. Th...more

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Published February 3rd 2011 by Puffin (first published April 15th 2010)

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Oct 14, 2009 Betsy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Mar 28, 2013 Mark rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This book doesn't lose its beauty or heart for me, no matter how many times I read it. It still gets me, every time.

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"'How did you get to be so smart?'

I shrug. 'I'm really working hard on finesse.'

Then he takes my hands in his and I don't even pull them away because he is looking at my cuts closely and I would want to do that too if I saw cuts on somebody's hands so I let him look.

'Do you still really want to do this?'

I don't know if he means to keep cutting the oak tree or work on...more

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Oct 17, 2010 Wendy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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One of my sisters loved this, the other didn't like it. I'm somewhere in between. I thought the writing was well-done: smooth and polished. But otherwise, I thought this was heavy-handed (the author's note is a sad muddle which kind of explains this) and very one-note.

Perhaps this is a small thing, but Devon's Eagle Scout project is a big part of the book, and it irritated me that what is described as his project would not earn him an Eagle--it just isn't big enough and doesn't include the requi...more

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May 30, 2011 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars

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This was recommended by someone in my Adolescent Lit. Class. She didn't say much about it other than that it was a pretty easy read and that the main character has Aspberger's Syndrome. I read The Speed of Dark earlier this year and was surprised by how helpful it was in understanding the way people with Aspberger's see and hear the world and how things like color, loud noise, indirect speech, and facial expressions can be overwhelming and indecipherable. I'm hoping this will be a kid-friendly v...more This was recommended by someone in my Adolescent Lit. Class. She didn't say much about it other than that it was a pretty easy read and that the main character has Aspberger's Syndrome. I read The Speed of Dark earlier this year and was surprised by how helpful it was in understanding the way people with Aspberger's see and hear the world and how things like color, loud noise, indirect speech, and facial expressions can be overwhelming and indecipherable. I'm hoping this will be a kid-friendly version of that book.

a third of the way through -- So the author has put together an interesting mix of elements in this story: 10-year-old Caitlin is the main character and has Aspberger's, her mother died when she was young and her brother was just killed in a school shooting. Her brother appears to be the one who got her and knew how to explain things to her. Now it's just her and her father left and he is stuck in grief. If I didn't know the author had a child with Aspberger's, I'd probably be wondering how realistic this is. But I read in an interview that her daughter has read the book and said it's pretty close to the way she thinks. That's enough for me to keep reading.

two thirds in -- I love reading about this character. I love the way her counselor works with her and explains stuff to her. I love the way Caitlin figures things out for herself or thinks back to the way her brother used to explain things. I find myself stopping at the places where she's confused by what people are saying and trying to think about how to reword it in the most direct terms. Have you ever thought about how often we use "polite" speech instead of speaking literally?

Great book. An easy read -- probably appropriate for 5th grade and up depending on vocabulary (Caitlin's is very high) and maturity level (the school shooting is brought up multiple times, but not in detail). I liked that Erskine dealt with a number of important issues for kids -- making friends, dealing with teachers who don't get you, dealing with parents who don't get you, knowing your strengths, trying to improve on your weaknesses, grief and loss, fitting in.

Also, it's pretty funny at times. Caitlin's school counselor is trying to help her learn how to make friends. One of the things she does is switch Caitlin to a recess with younger kids. Caitlin ends up befriending a first-grader named Michael (little kids tend to be more literal and direct). This little scene alone is worth reading the book for:

I watch and see how he gets his friends. He touches them but doesn't grab. He Looks At The Person but he doesn't get in their Personal Space... Then he points at me and starts running toward me. And it's like his friends are tied to him with string because they run to him from all directions until they end up in front of me.
This is my friend Caitlin, Michael says.
I feel proud to hear him say that.
She can burp her ABCs!
No way!
Really?
You can?
Do it!
And I do. They think I am awesome. And we make other noises and roll our tongues and cross our eyes and wriggle our ears and hop in a circle and before I know it the bell rings and they all run to the teacher.
I feel like Snow White because now I have a bunch of little dwarf friends who love me.

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Nov 29, 2010 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: autism, friendship, loss, realistic-fiction, favorites

An excellent addition to the growing list of fiction books with an autistic narrator. Ostracized by other 5th grade students already (because of her autism), Caitlin's role as the sister of a middle school boy killed in a school shooting only serves to make others more uncomfortable around her. Caitlin works hard to deal with the tragic, sudden death of her beloved brother and her father's resulting devastation. With the help of a wise school counselor she also makes progress towards learning ho...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

4.5 stars.

A moving story about an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s syndrome whose older brother dies in a school shooting and the steps she takes to get closure. Kathryn Erskine pulls this poignant tale off wonderfully – it is sad, but sad in a way that gives the reader hope.

Throughout the novel I had to remind myself that Caitlin was eleven as opposed to five or six; this isn’t a bad thing, and in fact it shows Erskine’s talent for character development. To see her grow by learning about em...more

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Nov 19, 2011 Lyn (The Heartless) rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I was interested in this book after I read that the girl had Asperger's Syndrome. While Caitlin's syndrome is severe, I can understand how reading people and fitting in are two things I have never been successful in.
The story goes deeper into linking someone who does not understand emotions and finding emotional closure. This book is touching and well written. The plot is solid, and seeing the world through Caitin's eyes makes this tragic story take on a whole new light. Caitlin extends past he...more

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Apr 03, 2012 Maximo rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Mockingbird is a walk in the shoes of those that have a hard time walking in other shoes.
As a reader, I found the inner workings of the mind of a child with Asperger's Syndrome to be fascinating. As a whole, most communication disorders seem to meld together in our society so it is difficult to tell them apart sometimes. Erskine does a good job of differentiating Asperger's from the pack. She shows us how Caitlin has clear and developed thoughts that may or may not result in the right actions, d...more

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Apr 20, 2010 Brittany rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-own, young-adult

Caitlin has Asperger's Syndrome and she has lost the one person who understood and was helping her "not act so weird". Her brother, Devon, was always helping her by telling her what not to do. When he gets shot in a school shooting though, he is gone from her life forever. Now Caitlin has to find her own way to make friends and find closure, even if she needs a little help from her counselor.

This was a very touching novel. I had mistaken this for The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney, which is a ver...more

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Mar 17, 2011 Chiara rated it 3 of 5 stars

C has moved into young adult fiction so I am now reading what she reads. I think this book is going to be good for our family as it shows the world thru an 11-year old with Aspergers and since Jimmy is on the spectrum it can shed some light on what we will be dealing with.

I have to say I totally loved all the To Kill A Mockingbird parallels. This is a great book for teaching the kids about Aspergers and how they are different. I can't believe my 9 year old chose it but I am proud of her for doin...more

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Jul 26, 2012 Cassie rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was for sure a page turner, I'll say. It was very interesting to see what the author would write the book like, with the main character having a type of special needs. I cried while reading parts of this book, to be honest. It was heart-breaking to see a girl who had her brother as her only friend, die so suddenly and so young because of a school shooting. I felt for the main character, and how her family was so affected by it. I know how it feels, to lose a parent, so I easily related...more

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Mar 20, 2011 Kellee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This was one of those books that I never wanted to end. I got to where I was reading so fast, that I realized that I wasn't reading the chapter titles any more- that is how much I was gobbling up her Caitlin's words. I could have read about Caitlin for days and days because her voice is so beautiful. Beautiful and real. This book puts asperger's into a format where others may find empathy for those around them who are a bit different. I love i...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Darcy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I wasn't sure what this book was going to bring before reading it, in the end I found it to be charming, funny, and a little sad. The situations in this book were bad, a school shooting at a middle school is the background setting, while most of the book deals with the aftermath of those intimately involved.

Caitlin's brother was a victim, she has Asperger's, giving her a unique way to look at the world. Her line of thinking is very literal, making for some scenes that make you laugh, some that...more

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Mar 24, 2013 Christina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Erskine deftly blends humor into a novel about a middle-school shooting that took the lives of a teacher and two students, including Devon, the protagonist Caitlin's older brother. Caitlin has Asperger's and struggles to reach "closure" after the loss of her brother, who was her guide through and protector from the emotional complexities of public school. Although the topic sounds depressing, the book is an uplifting story of triumph over adversity and the possibility of forging friendships in u...more

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Jan 26, 2011 Tahleen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As someone who has Asperger's, 10-year-old Caitlin has trouble understanding why people act a certain way and how to react to them in turn. She would always turn to her older brother Devon to explain things and situations for her, but Devon dies in a tragedy that rocks their entire community. So not only is Caitlin left without her most trusted friend and big brother, she must learn how to deal with the way her father is now acting, the way others treat her in school, learning empathy, and most...more As someone who has Asperger's, 10-year-old Caitlin has trouble understanding why people act a certain way and how to react to them in turn. She would always turn to her older brother Devon to explain things and situations for her, but Devon dies in a tragedy that rocks their entire community. So not only is Caitlin left without her most trusted friend and big brother, she must learn how to deal with the way her father is now acting, the way others treat her in school, learning empathy, and most important of all, getting to Closure.

If you haven't heard of this book yet, just to tell you, it won the National Book Award for young people's literature. And let me tell you, it certainly deserved it. Through Erskine's book we see the world through Caitlin's eyes and mind. She doesn't Get It (as she would say) most of the time, as she can't understand certain emotions or reactions. She has to work really hard to see how another person is feeling and how to make them feel better, instead of worse. It's very illuminating to see how a person with Asperger's might view the world, and gives us a tool to understand them better and the way they see things better.

Despite her lack of understanding others, Caitlin is remarkably intelligent and an incredible artist. Throughout the book, Erskine uses Caitlin's artistic talents as a device—her refusal to use color goes hand in hand with the way she likes to see the world. Black and white are much easier to deal with than colors that can run together and blur. But as she begins to learn empathy and friendship, as she begins to find the ever-illusive Closure, Caitlin begins to see that color might be useful.

What really struck me about this novel was the rawness and realness of everything. Erskine does not really censor much, but not in an inappropriate way. What I mean is, Caitlin just reports things as she sees them, bluntly and accurately—this is especially true when she describe her father's violent reaction when he hears the news of his son's death and his subsequent grieving (mostly detachment, refusal to speak of Devon, and lots of crying), and how she herself is dealing with the loss of the only person who seemed to understand how to talk to her. We also see things that Caitlin misses. She has incredible skills of observation, and doesn't shy away from telling us everything—actions and gestures that she doesn't understand are not lost on us, and I felt it all the more.

We also see the way a tragedy can affect everyone involved, even those who are related to the ones who caused it. It's heartbreaking, but the quest for Closure is a bold and valiant one that Caitlin tries to share with the entire community.

The mockingbird title comes from Devon and Caitlin's shared love for the movie To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout, Caitlin keeps returning to this, to her nickname Scout that Devon gave her, and to all of their likeness to the three main characters in the film and book (Jem, Scout and Atticus). In the end, Devon is the symbolic mockingbird—dead despite his innocence, but living on in the memory of his family and of his community.

Incredibly moving and poignant (I use that word not as a cliche; I mean it with all my heart), Caitlin shows us a world that we mostly try to ignore. She shows us ways to deal with grief, both good and bad, but all real; after death and tragedy, we must find our way to Closure, and to living again.(less)

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May 21, 2013 Nicole Schrader rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book has terrible tragedy in it but is also very moving and touching. A girl, named Caitlin, feels like her world has just been turned upside down as if it wasn't bad enough. Caitlin has Ashpergers syndrome which makes her see everything that happens and the world differently. With a gun shooting that happened at her school, no one knows what to do anymore. Three students and a teacher were shot, one of the students was her brother, Devon. Caitlin has many troubles after this terrible inci...more

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May 17, 2013 Alisha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Have you ever read a book that's so good that you're absolutely TERRIFIED of finishing it because you already know your review won't live up to the magnificence that is the book? Well, that's pretty much Mockingbird for me, in a nutshell. Plus, there's the fact that I didn't know much about Asperger's before I started reading this, so I don't know how true Caitlyn's behavior rings. However, something I do know: I absolutely loved and adored Mockingbird.

Mockingbird is a book that just tugs at you...more

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May 10, 2013 Little Leah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tells a story about a girl with Asperger's Syndrome,
and it really is lovely.
The words are quotable and deep,
I love how Kathryn Erskine describes everything in ten-year-old's perspective.

Pertama kali ngeliat buku ini di perpustakaan sekolah, saya langsung melotot. Awalnya, saya kira Mockingjay ganti judul (yes, I'm those kind of people). Tapi begitu saya tarik bukunya dari rak, ternyata pengarangnya beda.

Setelah baca sinopsis di bagian belakangnya, saya langsung tilep (perpustakaan saya cuma bole...more

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May 09, 2013 Cindy Huffman rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This novel won the National Book Award for Young People Literature. It was a beautiful piece of work that made me cry.

Caitlin is a fifth grader that we soon learn has Asperger's. The way she sees the world is very amusing, even though it is viewed by others as sad. She reminds me of the character Christoper from one of my favorite novels ever, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

I did not expect this winning novel to be so sad. The story is essentially about Caitlin, her dad, and h...more This novel won the National Book Award for Young People Literature. It was a beautiful piece of work that made me cry.

Caitlin is a fifth grader that we soon learn has Asperger's. The way she sees the world is very amusing, even though it is viewed by others as sad. She reminds me of the character Christoper from one of my favorite novels ever, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

I did not expect this winning novel to be so sad. The story is essentially about Caitlin, her dad, and her community, dealing with The Day Our Life Fell Apart, which entailed a middle school shooting in which three people are killed, one being Caitlin's big brother Devon.

Devon got Caitlin. He helped her function in the world, a world where no one Gets It and a world that Caitlin struggles to fit in. With him gone, she is on her own although everyone around her is trying to help her.

Caitlin's world is amusing but also frustrating. She learns about Your Manners and gets excited when she says Thank You because she has earned a sticker for the Your Manners chart. She learns from a younger classmate that Your Manners are Her Manners which makes her ecstatic that she has control over Her Manners.

The crux of the matter for Caitlin, however, is Closure and asks everyone around her "How do I get to the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event?", which was the dictionary definition of Closure. She decides that finishing a chest that her brother was doing for an Eagle Scout award would be Closure.

This novel is so sweet and sad at the same time. Knowing that Caitlin struggles to define the emotion of "death" to her, and how the people around her try to help but really have no idea what she knows about death is tough...because as the reader, we can see that she Gets It and its everyone else that doesn't Get It.

I love this book and I will be recommending it to one of my BFFs, whose daughter was recently diagnosed with Asperger's. I love the Author's notes, where she explains what inspired this novel. I like these lines especially:

We all want to be heard, to be understood. Some of us are better than others at expressing ourselves.

I think that is so true for every one of us, regardless of which side of the spectrum we are on.(less)

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Mar 29, 2013 Alex rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Caitlin is a young girl with Asperger. Caitlin’s family and community has just experienced a major tragedy. Three people, two students and a teacher, were gunned down in a middle school shooting. One of the students was Caitlin’s brother Devon. A situation that is sad and awful for a normal person is made more difficult for Caitlin. She has Asperger’s syndrome which allows her to only see the world in black and white terms. Caitlin has trouble processing her own feelings, her feelings about othe...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Sean Mccambridge rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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About this one... It is a fast read. Maybe four or five hours, tops. That doesn't mean it isn't frustrating. Caitlin's brother Devon has been shot and killed in a school shooting. We know he is dead at the beginning of the story, but it takes several chapters before we learn how he died. This would be a terrible trauma for any child to cope with, but Caitlin has Asperger's syndrome, which is a form of autism. This is where my frustration lies.
It is hard to follow this type of journey with a cha...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Jen Metyko rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In a world where children are commonly misunderstood, Kathryn Erskine's Mockingbird is a blessing for any child, teacher, or parent to read.

Caitlin's world is not a world that many people can understand, but, after losing her brother Devon, Erskine allows her readers to explore Caitlin's mind. During this time, we experience her troubles, her triumphs, her daily thoughts and actions, and the process of forming and losing relationship through the eyes of a child with Autism. Because the novel is...more

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Mar 18, 2013 Liz added it · review of another edition

This novel is marked for ages 10-12 by Barnes and Noble. I am not sure I agree with this age range as the subject matter is very 'heavy'. My daughter is 11 and I think she would have a hard time wrapping her head around the whole thing.

This book is a quick read and one that I recommend parents read before their children. This review is going to cover the plot, which isn't really giving away too much (unlike a mystery novel) but helps understand the story.
The book centers around Caitlin, a young...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Lauren Costantino rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Inspired by the devastation caused by the Virginia Tech Shootings in 2007, Mockingbird tells the story of Caitlyn, a ten year old girl living with Asperger’s syndrome, who must try to make sense of the bright and colorful world she lives in. When her beloved brother Devon, dies in a fatal middle school shooting, Caitlyn feels like her whole world has just fallen apart. Although she doesn’t understand why Devon is gone, Caitlyn takes refuge in her dictionaries because, unlike people, they are eas...more Inspired by the devastation caused by the Virginia Tech Shootings in 2007, Mockingbird tells the story of Caitlyn, a ten year old girl living with Asperger’s syndrome, who must try to make sense of the bright and colorful world she lives in. When her beloved brother Devon, dies in a fatal middle school shooting, Caitlyn feels like her whole world has just fallen apart. Although she doesn’t understand why Devon is gone, Caitlyn takes refuge in her dictionaries because, unlike people, they are easy to read and understand. After hearing on the news that the whole town is looking for closure, Caitlyn discovers its definition and is determined to find it for herself, her town, and her depressed father. It becomes clear to Caitlyn that Devon’s unfinished Eagle Scout chest in their living room may be part of the answer to finding closure—now if only she could convince her dad to join her in her search.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Brooks, the school counselor, is constantly trying to help Caitlyn with things she is not so good at, like making friends, having finesse, and the hardest one of all: showing empathy. After a lot of practice and motivation from Ms. Brooks in the form of stickers and gummy worms, Caitlyn is finally starting to Get It, and makes her first friend, Michael, who just happens to be a first grader. With the help of remembering the manners chart (that they are HER manners to control) and valuable life lessons from Devon, Caitlyn discovers that she can be an even better friend than she expected.
Mockingbird brings new meaning to the word empathy, as we are reading the novel from Caitlyn’s unique and misunderstood perspective. This novel seemed to strike a chord with me in the area of understanding those who we immediately think are special. Erskine brings to the table a very important life lesson by showing us a young girl full of capabilities, who feels the same things as we all do—just maybe in a different way. This book is skillfully written in that it truly helps us in understanding the mind of a person with Aspersers, which hopefully will help us in understanding everyone just a little bit better.
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Mar 11, 2013 Staci Appelbaum rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is about a girl named Caitlin, who has Asperger’s Syndrome. Caitlin lives with her dad and their family has gone through a very traumatic event. There was a shooting at a school in which Caitlin’s older brother was shot and killed. Her brother was her rock and now she has no one to turn to. Caitlin does not have a grasp on what is going on around her and her dad is in grief over the loss of his son. Even though Caitlin is a very smart girl, she has a hard time understanding facial expr...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Mary rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Describing this book is hard for me. I mean really hard. Something about it really touched me. Was it the writing? Was it the characters? Or just the way the author explained Caitlin's point of view? I'm not exactly sure, maybe all of it combined. There was just something about this book that will make me not forget it.

To Caitlin, everything was that good or bad but there was never an in between. Except her big brother Devon. Her only friend and her big brother. He was happy he was sweet, and k...more

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Mar 11, 2013 Hartley.p rated it 3 of 5 stars

Mockingbird, a young adult novel written by Kathryn Erskine, follows a young girl named Caitlin Smith who is trying to get closure after her brother’s death. Caitlin has a disorder called Asperger’s syndrome. After losing her older brother, Devon, in a school shooting, Caitlin, along with her dad, is trying to understand and deal with what has happened. Caitlin feels lost and confused and sees a psychologist to help with the death. Since Caitlin has Asperger’s syndrome, she is not fully aware ho...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Hope Linde rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mockingbird is about an eleven year old girl with Asperger’s named Caitlin. The story takes place not too long after a shooting at the local middle school her older brother attended. He was shot and killed in the shooting along with a teacher and another student. The novel consists of the aftermath and how it affects her and her father. Since her mother died when she was young it is only her and her father.
Throughout the novel Caitlin meets with a school psychiatrist who is trying to help her d...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Brooke Page rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kathryn Erskine’s Mockingbird follows the life of Caitlin Smith, a naïve yet sweet eleven-year old girl diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. After losing her older brother and best friend, Devon, in a tragic school shooting, Caitlin is lost and confused. Because of her disorder, Caitlin does not fully understand the terrible events that have shaken the surrounding community. This is because Asperger’s syndrome causes her to view her world literally and prevents her from being able to see her surr...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Jeff Bassin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine
Mockingbird is a fascinating novel about closure that manages to find it in three conflicts going on at the same time. These are obviously conflicts interconnected, with that of Caitlin’s Asperger’s, a school shooting and how the community deals with it, and her own issues with her brother’s death as a victim of this incident. To make matters worse, her mother died years earlier from cancer, so her father is left to take care of her and himself on his own. In this wa...more

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Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she'd rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading.
She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different schools, her favorite being the Hogwarts-type castle in Scotland.
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“Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. What's great about books is that the stuff inside doesn't change. People say you can't judge a book by its cover but that's not true because it says right on the cover what's inside. And no matter how many times you read that book the words and pictures don't change. You can open and close books a million times and they stay the same. They look the same. They say the same words. The charts and pictures are the same colors.

Books are not like people. Books are safe.” — 58 people liked it

“I don't think I'm going to like it at all. I think it's going to hurt. But after the hurt I think maybe something good and strong and beautiful will come out of it.” — 22 people liked it

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