This is a meaty, important plot that will resonate with anyone who loves someone on the spectrum. Click on the link below to read my complete review.

This is a wonderful and complex book that demonstrates conclusively that there is definitely more than one way home, for all of the characters, especially the boy that is the glue in this story, Jack, who has autism. When a schoolmate dies under mysterious circumstances on a school outing, fingers, starting with those of his classmates, point to Jack. It takes a book and a family to unravel this mystery. All of the characters, warts and all, ring true in this book about passion, mistakes, and mending fences. Jack is the best character on the autism spectrum since the hero of The Mystery of the Red Dog in The Nighttime (if my memory of this title is accurate).

Wonderful and heartwarming read.

I received this book as an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley. I would like to read more of Ms. Levin's work.

Thanks to Netgalley, Chickadee Prince Books, and the author for a copy of the book to read and review, prior to its publication.
Disclaimer: The author and I have been BFFs for over 40 years now (yes, as a matter of fact, we DID meet in kindergarten!), and although my eternal fondness for her may have slightly colored this review, I have tried to remain fair and impartial.
A lively, involving, fast-moving read, with characters one cares about, and about whom the reader can't wait to find out what happens, all leavened (no pun intended!) by the author's trademark wit and sass! It combines the family dynamics and humor of the author's first novel, 'Extraordinary Means', with the mystery and political background of her second, 'California Street'.
It also provides an incisive first-hand view of what it is like to raise a neuro-diverse child, in this case, a young boy with Asperger's Syndrome, in a time before much was known about the condition, adding to the small but necessary coterie of fictional books about the subject. But for those of you who HAVEN'T had the pleasure of spending time with the author over the years, it is also a terrific way to glory in the wit, wisdom and intelligence of this sui generis author.

This book has a different storyline than I usually read but I enjoyed it very much. It took a little while for me to get into the characters because they were not as well developed as I wished that they were and some of the situations did not seem realistic. I felt there should have been a stronger reaction to some of the major issues in the heroines life, but all in all it was an interesting read.