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Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism by Karen Ritz, Laurie Lears

snazel's review against another edition

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The main chapter spends the first half of the book really resenting her brother for being so weird, until she loses him in a crowd and has to race to figure out where he'd be. Pretty accurate of what being a big sibling can sometimes be ("ugh, why do you want to look at that, come ON" *five minutes later* "IF ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS TO MY BROTHER I WILL FIGHT GOD HIMSELF"), though not super fun at the beginning when I was afraid it would be just a book about how difficult the little brother makes his sister's life. (NOT my fave trope, that.)

engpunk77's review against another edition

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4.0

In this brief narrative, one can see how Ian hears, tastes, sees, and feels differently from his siblings. A sister, upon almost losing her brother, decides that sometimes they can do things his way instead of being embarrassed of him and trying to get him to do things HER way. Precious.

pjams84's review against another edition

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4.0

Describes what autism "looks like" to a point, but accurately describes the frustration and understanding of siblings of children with disabilities or mental disorders.
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