A review by margaret21
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

4.0

I quite simply loved this book. I found it next to impossible to believe that a lad in his mid teens could produce such evocative, lyrical prose detailing his encounters in the natural world. Besides this though, he gives a real insight into his world - he's autistic. And despite the bullying, the social isolation this can bring, he finds his condition a gift he wouldn't change, because it's this that has given him such a rich immersion in the world of nature, and increasingly, activism on behalf of the planet.