the+curious+incident+of+the+dog+in+the+night-time

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. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. 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. (from Barnes & Noble)



**Student Reviews:**

"This book, written from the perspective of a boy with Asperger's syndrome, offers an outsider's point of view which both satirizes and bemoans the failures of society. The protagonists stark and deeply didactic view of the world around him reveals a perspective of society which we rarely see. Through the boy's utterly realistic point of view, the reader sees a world which is cruel, unrepentant, and illogical." ~Billy Engelman (GCHS senior, 2014)