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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. MG book set in Toronto about girl with younger brothers with autism [s]

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Kate (Feathered Turtle Press Reviews) (stargazer401) | 257 comments I bought and read the book sometime between 2003 - 2005 in a bag with another random book (the other book was published in 2001), I don't remember the title or author and it was lost in a flood.

I believe it takes place in Toronto. It's about a girl who refuses to go by or reveal her real name, and prefers to be called by the name of a place she picked out from an atlas. It's hinted at that her mother was either (formerly or currently) a stripper or exotic dancer. She had two younger twin brothers (I believe they were twins) who were severely autistic, I think. A social worker stops by a lot to check on them, and always insists on calling the protagonist by her real name. The boys are almost school or pre-school age in the book, and the mother is thinking about sending them away (possibly at the insistence of the social worker) to some kind of special home / school thing for autistic children. In the end (view spoiler)


Kate (Feathered Turtle Press Reviews) (stargazer401) | 257 comments That's it! Thank you!


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