National Autism Awareness Day: My Top 3 Books With Autistic Main Characters
Every year, April 2nd is national Autism Awareness Day. To mark the event, these are my top 3 books with autistic main characters! 1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the narrator and detective Christopher Boone is autistic. He likes maths and cars, and hates the colours yellow and brown. When a neighbour’s dog is killed, Christopher sets out to solve the mystery of who did it- while also discovering other things about his past. I thought the book was quite easy to read, and Christopher was a really interesting character to read about. 2. The Infinite by Patience Agbabi Children born on the 29th of February (Leaplings) are extremely rare; rarer still are Leaplings with The Gift. The Gift is the ability to leap through time, and Elle has never before used it- until on her 12th birthday, when she goes on a school trip to 2048, 28 years in the future. But Elle has larger concerns than a school trip-...