"Allusions to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the portrayal of a whole community's healing process, and the sharp insights into Caitlyn's behavior enhance this fine addition to the recent group of books with narrators with autism and Asbergers. "A strong and complex character study."- The Horn Book And in her search for it, Caitlin discovers that the world may not be so black and white after all. All of these some of the many similarities that make the characters in Mockingbird, connect with the characters in To Kill a. They make many references such as that Devon likes to call Caitlin, Scout, and also, both mothers died of disease. The world according to her is black and white anything in between is. Already withdrawn and painfully shy, Caitlin is pushed to the very edge of insanity by the loss of her beloved brother. Then she comes across the word closure-and she realizes this is what she needs. Overall, Caitlin, Devon, and their dad seem very similar to Scout, Jem, and Atticus in many ways. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERS Caitlin has Asperger's. Caitlin is a 10-year-old pre-adolescent with Asperger's Syndrome her mother has died years before her brother Devon is killed in a random shooting at his school, along with a teacher and another student. Caitlin wants everything to go back to the way things were, but she doesn't know how to do that. But Devon was killed in a school shooting, and Caitlin's dad is so distraught that he is just not helpful. Before, when things got confusing, Caitlin went to her older brother, Devon, for help.
The world according to her is black and white anything in between is confusing. THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER and ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOVELS OF OUR TIME FOR YOUNG READERSĬaitlin has Asperger's.
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