![]() But since I appreciate how Erskine skillfully used one of my favorite books, To Kill a Mockingbird, in this book here is a section where Caitlin is remembering watching the movie with Devon, who nicknamed her "Scout. There are so many wonderful parts of this book that I find it difficult to share just one selection. ![]() This is Caitlin's first step towards healing and empathy as she befriends Michael whose mother died in the same tragedy. When her counselor suggests she learn social skills by befriending a younger student, Caitlin is drawn to a first-grader who she figures out is sad. In the world of Asperger's, the reader discovers how difficult it is for Devon to not only make sense of her overwhelming grief, but also how to function in school and relate to other 5th-graders. ![]() 2) A description that applies equally to Caitlin and her father. A review of Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine, about a girl with Aspergers syndrome whose brother was recently killed in a school shooting, manages to be. ![]() In Caitlin's words it looks like a ".bird that is trying to fly but never getting anywhere. A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. ![]() Caitlin and her father are left with a huge weight of grief as well as Devon's incompleted Eagle Scout project, a wooden chest draped in a gray sheet that sits in the middle of their living room. Caitlin's brother Devon was just shot and killed in a random shooting at his middle school. ![]()
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