Highly recommended

Excellent book for kids as well as high schoolers and family listening -- and the audiobook narration is perfect.

Broad and universal themes around friendship and family. With both fun and wisdom built in. Highly recommended.

And - if you have Sensory Processing Disorder or are the parent of a kid with SPD - this book is a must read. While it doesn’t over-focus on SPD, it so accurately represents life with SPD. Not sure there is any other fiction out there that addresses this so beautifully and accurately. And for people who have SPD but not Autism - just standalone SPD - it's so rare to see this covered anywhere. There is maybe nothing as helpful as seeing some of your own life experiences in another person’s story. (And this one would extend to anyone who feels different in hard to define ways). So much appreciation to the author for bringing this story to life.

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Reading With My Child

To continue my wild child to read we have got into audible books a couple of years back. We read the print and generally listen on road trips and when headed to bed. This is my second favorite of all of our audible books. It is such a great story of so many real life challenges for real life children without feeling like something that’s locked too much information into one book. It’s also wonderful for a peeve to hear a child truly mature throughout the course of the book. And most importantly for me, he loved it and he’s already ready for the next book. If you have a fifth grader (and I’m sure any other age), or a child adjusting to new surroundings or a child with challenges that make his or her experiences different but no less special than those seen by the average child this book is especially impactful. But I can think of no one who would not enjoy this read.