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Pla, Sally J. (2 booktalks) |
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Booktalk #1 Charlie is 12 and he has autism. And OCD that forces him to wash his hands over and over again. His mom has passed away and his father has suffered brain damage overseas. He lives with his sister, his twin brothers and his grandmother. But now the doctors have some promising news. There is a doctor in Virginia who thinks he has a way to make Dad better. So his grandmother and Dad leave for the hospital and the kids will be traveling across the country to meet up with them. When Ludmila is hired to drive them, the trip becomes a journey of hope and self discovery. Booktalk #2 Dealing with the changes in his routine since his dad returned home injured from the war in Afghanistan hasn’t been easy for Charlie. His life takes another unexpected and unwanted twist when his dad is sent far away to receive medical care. Charlie reluctantly embarks on a cross-country road trip along with a three-legged dog, his boy-crazy sister, pesky twin brothers and a mysterious caretaker in hopes of reuniting with his father and viewing some of his elusive “Someday Birds” along the way. (Vermont DCF Award nominee, 2018-2019) |
| SUBJECTS: Autism -- Fiction. Automobile travel -- Fiction. Babysitters -- Fiction. Brain -- Injury -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Fiction. |
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