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All teen and kid reviews for Anything But Typical

Age
11
Average rating based on 10 kid and teen reviews:
  • 70% say it's educational
  • 60% say there are positive messages
Teen, 14 years old
October 27, 2009
 
girls or boys will like it
This book was one of my favorites!

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Teen, 17 years old
December 4, 2010
 
It's pretty good, but little kids won't understand
It's about a boy with autism, and it's a little confusing, since it jumps from one storyline to another. Great message. Love Bennu. :)

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Teen, 14 years old
September 13, 2011
 
Wonderful Book.
This was such a great book. It almost made me cry. I stopped and relized "wow, kids like this actually think about other people." All he wanted was friends. And I hope one day the school kids wake up and realize what a great person Jason is.

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Kid, 13 years old
October 8, 2009
 
but I think its for 12 and up ages
great book!

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Teen, 15 years old
August 21, 2011
 
Awesome Book
I loved this book! I can relate to Jason a lot, and I kept thinking, 'Exactly!' and 'I thought I was the only one!' I really liked this book. It was a lot better than some of Baskin's other books, and I will almost definitely read it again. I recommend it for kids 10 and up, because some younger kids have a hard time understanding autism, and it can kind of scare them sometimes. The only thing that I thought was kind of weird was that Jason told his friends that PheonixBird was his girlfriend, and she had never agreed to that. That would be kind of weird, if I were in her place, and I would get mad. Other than that, I really, really loved this book! Happy reading! :)

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Teen, 15 years old
September 3, 2010
 
great for tweens and teens
Very educational with out trying to be.

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Kid, 12 years old
April 23, 2011
 
GREAT BOOK
I love this book I had to read it for a book club and I love it usually these books r boring but this was awesome Jason is such a great role model he teaches lessons in his own way it's very eduicational because it teaches about plots and writing

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Teen, 16 years old
January 10, 2011
 
I Love this book because it teaches kids how to learn more about other kids around them and also in their life

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Kid, 13 years old
July 17, 2011
 
I had to do this for Summer reading... and liked it!
A very interesting story. It will help kids understand autism and how every has a different way of seeing the world. I put it a "on for 11 and up" because kids have to be mature enough to understand all of this. It also has a lot of good advice for writers. : D

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Teen, 13 years old
February 20, 2012
 
the mind of a twleve year old with autism
the best fictional book i have read with an autistic main character, i (since i am autistic) found myself realating to him alot, and really enjoyed the book, that being said, the ending seemed quite rush, other then that, a brillant book, that really dwelves into the mind of an autistic tween, and gets almost pefectly, so in fact, you would think the author herself was autistic, it will also help you understand autism, a good read.

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