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| Title | : | Mindblind |
| Author | : | Jennifer Roy |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 248 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2010 by Skyscape |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Teen. Contemporary |
Jennifer Roy
Hardcover | Pages: 248 pages Rating: 3.94 | 1138 Users | 199 Reviews
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Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Clark lives in two worlds—the outside world of his family and friends and his own, special, inside Aspie world, where he’s not forced to interact with people or worry about wearing his clothes right-side out. The world where he can solve mathematical problems that elude even the brightest graduate students. The world where he feels he can find his own inner truth. People say he’s a genius, but Nathaniel thinks differently. According to a book he once read, a true genius uses his talent to make a contribution to the world. Nathaniel takes the definition literally, and begins his quest for genius status. "I will start, right after I wash the chocolate off my face. If I want to be seen as a genius, I should not look like an idiot." Nathaniel has a sky-high IQ and perfect SAT scores, but Jennifer Roy and her husband, Greg, have a remarkable 8-year-old son, Adam, who not only inspired the character of Nathaniel Clark, but also created the "Amazing Race" charts and the narrative at the back of MindBlind.Identify Books Toward Mindblind
| ISBN: | 076145716X (ISBN13: 9780761457169) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 1138 Users | 199 ReviewsJudgment About Books Mindblind
I liked this story at the beginning because of the way he remembered things, but it started to get boring near the end. The theme was to keep going towards your goals, even if they are hard (like becoming an official genius).By:Taylor J.Nathaniel Clark is the smartest person youll ever meet. He practically has a computer full of heavenly memories. Though he isnt just any genius, he has Aspergers. Nathaniel is a 14-year-old misfit that has some trouble in social situations. Nathaniel usually spends his time reading, skyping his other Aspie (Short for Asperger) friend, and playing the keyboard in a rock band with the only people that relax him. Nathaniel's father, now divorced from his mother, does not believe in
Jennifer Roy writes this story, told from the point-of-view of a teenage boy with Asperger's syndrome, from first-hand knowledge, having such a child herself. Just as Jodi Picoult did in House Rules, Roy provides a vivid glimpse into what it's like to have Asperger's. And, as with Picoult's book, it was an eye-opener. The book is difficult to read at times, because what is going on in Nathaniel's mind is so disjointed or manic. But you can also see that Nathaniel is truly brilliant and gifted,
MindBlind is the incredible story of Nathaniel Gideon Clark, a fourteen year old boy who has been diagnosed with aspburgers disorder and is proclaimed by his friends and family to be a genius. However, He does not like being called this due to his definition of being a genius of "A incredibly smart individual who's contribution's have directly influenced the course of history for the betterment of humanity." Page 12,Line 10. With the help of his extremely supportive family(minus his dad, who is
enjoyed mindblind. great insight into aspergers syndrome and its characteristics.
Loved this book. Having Asperger's myself, I could relate to everything Nathanial went through. The desire to be a genius, the taking metaphors and expressions seriously, obsession with various things, excelling in certain places but failing in others (he is super adept in math, I in English and Art), echoing other peoples' words, and mental shutdowns when someone [inadvertantly] threatens to move things around, or touch their things, or meddle with it in any way (I once almost had -what I think
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