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Waiting for No One (Wild Orchid #2)
Taylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor’s struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she outlines the ways—both positive and negative-- that her Asperger’s Syndrome affects her dai...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
January 1st 2011
by Red Deer Press
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I loved this book! It is the second in a trilogy about the story of Taylor Jane Simon, a young woman with Asperger's Syndrome, and her passion for independence. I am reading these in reverse order, simply because that is the way they were presented to me. And it does not matter. These are YA books, so are an easy read.
And the author writes a compelling story in the voice of Taylor Jane. Her concrete thinking, her logical and illogical thinking, her desires (to get a job, to find a way to live by...more
And the author writes a compelling story in the voice of Taylor Jane. Her concrete thinking, her logical and illogical thinking, her desires (to get a job, to find a way to live by...more
Eighteen-year-old Taylor Jane Simon is a typical teenager in most ways, except that she has Asperger’s syndrome — an Autism Spectrum Disorder that makes social interaction difficult. In this stand-alone sequel to Wild Orchid, author Beverley Brenna picks up where the previous book left off, and follows Taylor back to her home in Saskatoon where she struggles for independence by stepping out of her comfort zone and taking a biology course at the university and applying for a job.
As with the prev...more
As with the prev...more
This book was horrible. I very strongly disliked it. I didn't even finish it. It was very random and the thoughts didn't mix together. She has an obsession with hamsters, and she talks about them frequently. In the beginning of the book she applies for a job and puts her hamster as one of her references! And I really don't get how the tittle relates to the book. That is just what i thought and I respect others opinions even if they are very different.
This is a sequel to Brenna's earlier Wild Orchid. It follows the trials of an eighteen year old girl afflicted with Asperger Syndrome and is told in her voice. Considering Asperger's is pretty much a high-functioning type of autism, this is pretty amazing. It's done very well.
This book brings to life what it would be like to live with Asperger's syndrome. It is humorous yet thought-provoking. I would definitely recommend that every school should have a copy in their library.
All tell and no show made this a couldn't finish for me. In the first 50 pages, I was told no fewer than six times that Taylor has Asperger's. It was being hit over the head.
It makes me sad when there could be a real story with character, but instead, the book turns into a diagnosis and treatment instead. The emotional connection can't be made.
It makes me sad when there could be a real story with character, but instead, the book turns into a diagnosis and treatment instead. The emotional connection can't be made.
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Sequel to Wild Orchid didn't disapoint. Makes me want to hug Taylor, but then I realize she wouldn't like it.
Really enjoying it so far
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Beverley Brenna was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to a family where literacy was important. She credits her early interest in writing to a mother who was a published poet, and to teachers who shared literature that touched the ear and imagination as well as the heart.
Brenna published her first poem in The Western Producer at age seven.
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Brenna published her first poem in The Western Producer at age seven.
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