A Different Sort of Normal

<p>CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2022 - SHORTLISTED<br>BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS BEST BOOK WITH FACTS 2022 - LONGLISTED<br>THE OBSERVER CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH - JULY 2021<br>THE BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE MONTH - JULY 2021<b><br><br>'I REALLY love it. Buy it for your kids your parents your grandparents. Mostly buy it for yourself' <i>Holly Smale author of the Geek Girl series </i></b><br><br><b>'This book is what I needed as a kid! Empathetic joyful and beautifully authentic. I loved it!' <i>Elle McNicoll author of A Kind of Spark<br></i></b><br>*The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced in the 'normal' world*<br><br><i>I'm not like the other children in my class . . . and that's an actual scientific FACT.</i><br><br>Hi! My name is Abigail and I'm autistic. But I didn't know I was autistic until I was an adult-sort-of-person*.<br><br>This is my true story of growing up in the confusing 'normal' world all the while missing some Very Important Information about myself.<br><br>There'll be scary moments involving toilets and crowded trains heart-warming tales of cats and pianos and funny memories including my dad and a mysterious tub of ice cream. Along the way you'll also find some Very Crucial Information about autism.<br><br>If you've ever felt different out of place like you don't fit in . . . this book is for you.<br><br>*I've never really felt like an actual-adult-person as you'll soon discover in this book...<br><br><b>'Funny fascinating . . . a rewarding and highly entertaining read' <i>Guardian </i></b><br><br><br><b>Told through the author's remarkable words and just as remarkable illustrations this is the book for those who've never felt quite right in the 'normal' world.</b></p>