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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455689403321

Autore

Ogaz Nancy

Titolo

Wishing On the Midnight Star [[electronic resource] ] : My Asperger Brother

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003

ISBN

1-283-90479-9

1-84642-426-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Asperger Syndrome

Asperger's syndrome - Juvenile fiction

Brothers - Juvenile fiction

Children's stories - lcsh

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Wishing on the Midnight Star; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Wishing on the Midnight Star; Chapter 2 School Day Blues; Chapter 3 Magic and Mud; Chapter 4 Horror in the Morning; Chapter 5 The Real Alex Stone Steps Forward; Chapter 6 Attack of the Monstrous Midgits; Chapter 7 Alex Gets His Nerve Back; Chapter 9 Alien Chickens?; Chapter 10 Chicken Expert Extraordinaire; Chapter 11 A Dastardly Deed; Chapter 12 Nic's Magic Chick; Chapter 13 Season of Sweetness; Chapter 14 A Slightly Menacing Undertone; Chapter 15 The Howling; Chapter 16 Cornered

Chapter 17 Golden Hearts Raining DownChapter 18 The Gift of the Midnight Star; Author's Note; Resources for Families and Siblings

Sommario/riassunto

Wishing on the Midnight Star presents the sibling's view of the joys and frustrations of having a younger brother with Asperger Syndrome, with insights into the daily adventures of an AS family, and the positive coping, and loving strategies they have evolved. It is an engaging and amusing teen love story that will appeal to older and younger kids.