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Wishing On the Midnight Star: My Asperger Brother
Nancy Ogaz
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Description for Wishing On the Midnight Star: My Asperger Brother
Paperback. Wishing on the Midnight Star presents the sibling's view of the joys and frustrations of having a younger brother with Asperger Syndrome, with insights into the daily adventures of an AS family, and the positive coping, and loving strategies they have evolved. It is an engaging and amusing teen love story that will appeal to older and younger kids. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: VFX; YFB; YXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
These books could be useful for working with a class where children with Asperger's are to be included. Staff would be reminded very powerfully of the young people's feelings and fears in being in class and school and how they will cope. The books could prompt discussions in class to help other pupils to understand more and, one hopes, target less children who are going to be different.' - Rostrum Alex's younger brother Nic never seems to be able to get anything right. He even invites Brianna Santos the girl Alex likes over ... Read more
These books could be useful for working with a class where children with Asperger's are to be included. Staff would be reminded very powerfully of the young people's feelings and fears in being in class and school and how they will cope. The books could prompt discussions in class to help other pupils to understand more and, one hopes, target less children who are going to be different.' - Rostrum Alex's younger brother Nic never seems to be able to get anything right. He even invites Brianna Santos the girl Alex likes over ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843107576
SKU
KKD0002913
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nancy Ogaz
Nancy Ogaz is a writer and the mother of two children, one with AS. She counselled children with special challenges for ten years and completed a Masters in Public Health. She lives with her family and twenty-plus pets in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California and is the author of Buster and the Amazing Daisy, also published by Jessica Kingsley ... Read more
Reviews for Wishing On the Midnight Star: My Asperger Brother
'These books could be useful for working with a class where children with Asperger's are to be included. Staff would be reminded very powerfully of the young people's feelings and fears in being in class and school and how they will cope. The books could prompt discussions in class to help other pupils to understand more and, one hopes, target ... Read more