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Can You See Me Series Collection 4 Books set
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Can You See Me Series Collection 4 Books set (Can You See Me?, Do You Know Me?, Ways to Be Me, All the Pieces of Me) : Can You See Me?: With diary entries written by eleven-year-old Libby Scott, based on her own experiences of autism, this pioneering book, written in collaboration with esteemed author Rebecca Westcott, has been widely praised for its. Do You Know Me?: Tally is autistic and proud.She used to feel like she had to hide her autism, but now Tally is determined to make sure people see who she really is.But now Tally has a new worry - her school trip. And that means new places, new people and new challenges. Ways to Be Ten-year-old Tally had high hopes for Year Being in the top class at school means a whole host of privileges, but even better than that is the school production - and Tally is convinced she'll win the lead role. All the Pieces of Year 9 can be tough for everyone, but for Tally it feels even tougher. Everything seems to be changing as she and her friends get older. Make-up, boys, social media, GCSE prep - why is it all starting to feel so different?
1424 pages, Paperback
Published March 12, 2024
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June 22, 2024
This book series was so bad I went on a 3 hour long rant about it.
The first book was actually okay, I really enjoyed (most of) it while reading it, although looking back on it it wasn't that great. Halfway through the first book I ordered the entire series. The worst mistake of my life.
I finished the first book. It had the most lazy, unrealistic, stupid ending I have ever read. It escalates everything to the point where the author/s clearly don't know how to get things back to how they were, let alone provide a satisfying ending.
If I hadn't already bought the entire series I would've given up here.
I ended up reading the other books, and it only got worse.
This series gives out so so many questionable messages that are hopefully accidental, including: it's okay to bully people for 7+ years as long as they aren't autistic; if you stand up for yourself against bullies it will only get worse; no matter how absolutely horrible someone has been to you, you should help them if they are struggling/scared etc; as long as you're someone's best friend you can say/do as many terrible things to them as you want and you will still be a good person; it's okay to make your youtube channel public AS A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD without even MENTIONING this to your parents.
Whenever something bad happens to Tally, these books are quick to mention how it's to do with her being autistic, but if something happens to Tally that's good, these books shy away from even bringing up that it might possibly have something to do with autism. This is stupid and offensive.
Whenever Tally makes any kind of progress in standing up for herself/ being proud of herself, the books reverse this at the drop of a hat for the sake of the (basically non existent) plot.
This series might have been intended as a relatable book series for autistic children/teenagers about an autistic person, but what they have ended up with is a book series detailing every possible struggle an autistic person may have, probably best read by people working with people who are autistic or maybe parents.
I'm now going to leave more detailed reviews on each individual book.
The first book was actually okay, I really enjoyed (most of) it while reading it, although looking back on it it wasn't that great. Halfway through the first book I ordered the entire series. The worst mistake of my life.
I finished the first book. It had the most lazy, unrealistic, stupid ending I have ever read. It escalates everything to the point where the author/s clearly don't know how to get things back to how they were, let alone provide a satisfying ending.
If I hadn't already bought the entire series I would've given up here.
I ended up reading the other books, and it only got worse.
This series gives out so so many questionable messages that are hopefully accidental, including: it's okay to bully people for 7+ years as long as they aren't autistic; if you stand up for yourself against bullies it will only get worse; no matter how absolutely horrible someone has been to you, you should help them if they are struggling/scared etc; as long as you're someone's best friend you can say/do as many terrible things to them as you want and you will still be a good person; it's okay to make your youtube channel public AS A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD without even MENTIONING this to your parents.
Whenever something bad happens to Tally, these books are quick to mention how it's to do with her being autistic, but if something happens to Tally that's good, these books shy away from even bringing up that it might possibly have something to do with autism. This is stupid and offensive.
Whenever Tally makes any kind of progress in standing up for herself/ being proud of herself, the books reverse this at the drop of a hat for the sake of the (basically non existent) plot.
This series might have been intended as a relatable book series for autistic children/teenagers about an autistic person, but what they have ended up with is a book series detailing every possible struggle an autistic person may have, probably best read by people working with people who are autistic or maybe parents.
I'm now going to leave more detailed reviews on each individual book.
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