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

4.0

A refreshing read, going through a journal of a 14-year-old autistic and introverted young naturalist (gee.. what was I doing when I was 14?!), who finds refuge/grounding in nature from all the sensory overloads that he gets from his modern, everyday life. Took a bit more than a fortnight to read this, because there isn't much plot going on although Dara's detailed description of the flora and fauna that he encountered will take readers on a mental escapade as they are transported to the lush sceneries of Northern Ireland.