User:Tomdarling/Mockingbird (2010 young adult novel)

Mockingbird is a young adult novel by Kathryn Erskine. The book won the 2010 National Book Award for a Young People's Literature

Plot
The protagonist is a ten-year-old named Caitlyn. She is a girl with Asberger's Syndrome and is struggles with it. In addition to having Asberger's, her personal life is marked by loneliness, dealing with the grief over her older brother's death in a recent school shooting, and her grieving father. Mrs. Brooks, a counselor, helps her to deal with some of the social issues, while Caitlyn uses her dictionary to move towards closure for herself and those around her.