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Violence
Some
A murder and its investigation; forensic details in context
Language
Barely any
Clean language throughout
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of navigating a justice system that can't accommodate neurodivergent defendants
What this book is about
Emma Hunt's son Jacob, who has Asperger's syndrome and is obsessed with forensic investigation, becomes the primary suspect in the murder of his tutor. Jodi Picoult's novel alternates between family members' perspectives to examine the autism spectrum, the justice system's treatment of neurodivergent individuals, and a mother's fight for her son.
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