2010/256pgs
It seems like there are more novels in YA coming out with narrators or characters on the autisim spectrum. Nathanial has Asperger's Syndrome and he's very smart (but not yet a genuis, although he will be, he says). Nathanial is an interesting character and while I liked the book as a whole, it was a bit too wonderfully perfect. There wasn't much tension-there's a bit with Nathanial's father, but not enough to carry the story. Nathanial socializes well, he has friends who understand and accept him, and his mom is a wonderful, understanding mother. He's graduating college, onto a master's program (even though he's only 14), and he's in a band. The whole thing was just a bit too perfect life, everyone's understanding and accepting, life is beautiful sort of story. There were moments where I liked a peek into Nathanial's mind, and the story was OK, but it did feel a bit too after school special-like.
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