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Content snapshot
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Violence
Barely any
A school shooting is referenced throughout as the backstory; not depicted
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Grief, trauma, and neurodiversity are central; the book is emotionally intense throughout
What this book is about
Ten-year-old Caitlin has Asperger's syndrome and is struggling to understand the word 'closure' after her brother Devon was killed in a school shooting. Erskine's National Book Award winner is told entirely from Caitlin's perspective, offering an extraordinary portrait of a child trying to process grief through the lens of her own neurology.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
School shooting backstory
Grief and trauma
Autistic narrator perspective
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