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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched....
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English
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"Set in the Carolinas in the 1940s, a young woman reckons not just with the unforgiving landscape, but with the rocky emotional terrain that leads from innocence to wisdom as jealousy and betrayal threaten to accomplish what hardship never could--divide the family for good"--
Author
Series
Letras de bolsillo) volume 108
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
4) Rain Man
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, c1988
Language
English
Description
When his father passes away, Charlie Babbitt heads home for the funeral where he learns that most of the family estate has been left to Raymond, the autistic older brother he never knew.
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Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A gritty tale of how far we'll go to protect the ones we love from a talented new name in crime fiction. Everyone says the Elders family are nothing but cheats, thieves, and convicts--a fact nineteen-year old Jamie Elders has been trying desperately to escape. She may have the natural talent of a poker savant, but her dreams of going pro and getting the hell out of the tiny town of Blind River, New York are going nowhere fast. Especially once she...
6) Forrest Gump
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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of a good-natured man with a low IQ who personally experiences important events in American history and continues to love, albeit unreciprocated, his childhood sweetheart Jenny.
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