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9781931282291
Jay often feels out of place in the world around him, but doesn't know why.Being called names like ?space cadet'and ?asp-booger'confuses him even further.He has looked up ?asp'in the dictionary and knows he is not an asp, a ?small poisonous snake from Egypt.'But what is he then? Caroline Anne Levine's short novel, Jay Grows an Alien, follows Jay, a young boy with Asperger Syndrome, at school and home.Over the course of the novel, as he deals with bullies, faces the difficulties of a sibling relationship, and befriends a cyborg from outer space, Jay begins to find his place and comes to understand that differences in him and others are unique and special.Levine, Caroline Anne is the author of 'Jay Grows an Alien', published 2007 under ISBN 9781931282291 and ISBN 1931282293.
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