Nicole Panteleakos reviews Elana K. Arnold’s A Boy Called Bat:“The strongest element in the book is
Nicole Panteleakos reviews Elana K. Arnold’s A Boy Called Bat:“The strongest element in the book is seeing how Bat feels, as opposed to how he is perceived, which could be beneficial both to those readers who know nothing about autism, and those who are autistic themselves. Even as an adult it is a struggle to navigate this gap, and it would have been great as a kid to see someone else with the same issue and how they handle it. I wish a little more time had been spent on some of his traits while others could have been dropped. For example, I loved how his food-related issues, like with chili and leftovers and liking the way gummy candies feel but not wanting to eat them, helped make him feel real, whereas his hypersensitive hearing and earmuffs felt a little unnatural in the way they were introduced and therefore unnecessary; they could have worked better if presented somewhat differently.”Read the full review at Disability in Kidlit. -- source link
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