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. Volume XXI Number 36. . . .May 22, 2015
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The Two Trees, by Sally Meadows, offers the first-person perspective of a boy whose older brother Syd has autism. Like the two small evergreens Jaxon brings home from school, he and his brother grow very differently, with some settings more supportive to them than others. A move to a new school for Syd, where there are “better programs for smart ASD kids”, is related to a move for one of the trees to a location in the yard where it can thrive.
Recommended. Bev Brenna is the author of 11 books for young people, including The White Bicycle, third in a trilogy about a character with ADS and shortlisted for a 2013 Governor General’s Award. Stories for Every Classroom (Canadian Scholars Press), her newest publication, is a close examination of Canadian fiction presenting characters with disabilities. Bev is currently Acting Associate Dean for the College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, where her research interests are children’s literature and literacy (www.beverleybrenna.com).
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