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In his exceptional book, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, author Mark Haddon takes you inside the mind of Christopher Boone, a truly remarkable young man who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, a condition associated with autism. Now, this new guide from Bookclub-in-a-Box takes you even further, digging well below the surface, to discover the fascinating main character with "special needs" and to uncover key nuances of the novel. This Bookclub-in-a-Box guide to the curious incident of the...

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Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions, and cannot stand to be touched. Gifted with a superbly...

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Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed...

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From award-winning author Mark Haddon comes a story like no other. Featuring a 15-year-old boy with a condition similar to autism as the narrator, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a spectacularly unique achievement. Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome. A math whiz, he loves lists, patterns and the truth. But he doesn't know much about people, and he hates being touched. Never in his lifetime has he gone further, on his own, than the end of his road. But when a neighbor's dog is...

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world...

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Description Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher8217;s carefully constructed...

Mark Haddon THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Doubleday, New York, 2003. half cloth. First US Edition. 226pp An astonishing debut in its first US edition/first printing. very slight wear to the edges of the dustjacket. very fine. fine. 0385509456. [Item #21044] Price: $50.00

Not since The Thorn Birds has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as The Touch. At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice and a godless rebel. But when, years later, he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his Scottish relatives quickly realize that he has made a fortune in the gold fields and is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney...

Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. Routine, order and predictability shelter him from the messy, wider world. Then, at fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart...

For 15 year old Christopher Boone, the hero of this year's most unusual mystery novel, the entire world is a mystery. Christopher is autistic. He can't understand ordinary jokes. He can't read other people's facial expressions. When people touch him, he panics and screams. So when he stumbles on the corpse of his neighbor's dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, it's just one more mystery that needs solving. "In a murder mystery novel," the...

This time-saving, easy-to-use teacher guide includes inspiring lesson plans which provide a comprehensive novel unit--the legwork is done for you! The guide incorporates essential reading, writing and thinking practice. (This is NOT the paperback novel.)