Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This Wednesday I am waiting on Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine. (OK, I’m a little late on Waiting on Wednesday, but I really wanted to post about this title!) The folks at Penguin were kind enough to send me an ARC of this book, and I’m very excited to begin it. The book is about Caitlin, a young girl with Asperger’s, and all of the awful, unfortunate things that happen to her. But look at this cover–doesn’t this book look inspirational? I am anticipating a moving, emotional story. Check back here for my review in the next 2 weeks!

Mockingbird
Release date: April 15, 2010

Summary (from Kathryn Erskine’s Website):

In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white.  Things are good or bad.  Anything in between is confusing.  That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained.  But now Devon’s dead, and her father cries a lot.  Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how.  When she reads the definition of “closure” in the dictionary, she realizes that is what she and her father need.  In her search for Closure, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white–the world is full of colors–messy and beautiful, and it is through this discovery that she embarks on a road which leads her to find both healing and Closure.

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