Still, the wacky cast, rewarding character growth, and ample humor make this an effortless read. There are many contrivances: nearly every important character is grieving someone, and Misha, the prospective adoptee, looks exactly like Mike and is wearing a shirt Mike donated to charity. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help. The author, Kathryn Erskine, lives in Virginia and in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings, she wrote this book about a girl dealing with the death of her brother (although he was shot in a middle school, rather than at a college). The world according to her is black and white anything in between is confusing. Moo, a comical but endearing figure, frequently confuses words%E2%80%94the 'artesian screw' Mike was supposed to work on is really an 'artisan's crew' of woodworkers, building boxes to raise funds to bring a Romanian orphan to live with a widowed minister in town. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERS Caitlin has Asperger's. 9 of 10: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine, about a girl with Aspergers syndrome whose brother was recently killed in a school shooting, manages to be. The relatives, Moo and Poppy, are octogenarians grieving the death of their adult son. Mike's dyscalculia, a math disability, telegraphs immediately that this plan won't succeed, but things go wrong in surprising ways. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine 5.0 (1 review) Term 1 / 26 What does Caitlin have Click the card to flip Definition 1 / 26 Aspergers Click the card to flip Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by MelanieKauffman Terms in this set (26) What does Caitlin have Aspergers What is a TRM Tantrum Rage Meltdown Who is Mrs. Mike's father, a math professor, must teach in Romania for six weeks, so he ships his motherless 14-year-old to live with distant relatives and work on an engineering project to improve Mike's chances of getting into a math magnet school.

Praise for MOCKINGBIRD Erskine works in powerful imagery.

Following her National Book Award win for Mockingbird, Erskine tries her hand at comedy with this story of an undervalued boy learning his considerable worth. Kathryn Erskine has written a must-read gem, one of the most moving novels of the year.

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