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Author Higashida, Naoki, 1992-

Title The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism / Naoki Higashida ; translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2013]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.85882 HIGASHIDA    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY HIGASHIDA    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  BIOG. HIGASHIDA, N.    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. HIGASHIDA, N.    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  616.85 HIGASHIDA    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  305.908 HIGASHIDA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY HIGASHIDA    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY HIGASHIDA, NAOKI    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  616.85882 HIG    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B HIGASHIDA NAOKI    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note "Originally published in Japanese by Escor Publishers Ltd. in 2007"--Title page verso.
Summary Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights--into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory--are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki's words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they'd be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond.--From publisher description.
Language Translation of: Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū.
Subject Higashida, Naoki, 1992-
Autistic people -- Japan -- Biography.
Autistic people -- Psychology.
Autism.
Added Author Yoshida, K. A. (Keiko A.), translator.
Mitchell, David (David Stephen), translator.
Added Title Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū. English
ISBN 9780812994865 (acid-free paper) : $22.00
0812994868 (acid-free paper)
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