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Gr 7–10—For the first time in his life, Martin Dubois, a 16-year-old with autism, has an opportunity to interact with and befriend neurotypical peers. He's attending a general education school in rural France while his film- director mother shoots a movie there, and the experience for him is confusing and frustrating, but also exhilarating. It is there that he first meets Simon, his school guide, and Alice, a girl who reminds him of Gilberte from In Search of Lost Time, a classic French novel he always keeps close by. Martin's eager and endearing attempts to fit in teach ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Diagnosed with autism as a child, American teen Martin Dubois is the son of a famous filmmaker mother and a father now in jail. He's living for the summer in the Loire Valley, on location with his mother, and attending a "general-ed" French high school. When he finds himself attracted to a girl in his class, Martin struggles to find a way to connect with her and to live in the neurotypical world. Martin uses Proust's In Search of Lost Time (or, Remembr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More