{"product_id":"do-you-think-this-is-aaron-cully-drake-9781927366387","title":"Do You Think This Is Strange?","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the 2016 Leacock Medal for Humour Writing\u003cbr\u003eWinner of an Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOutstanding debut. -- \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreddy has problems. Some of them are because he's autistic. Most of them are because he's a teenager. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he's seven years old, Freddy's mother walks him to the train station, sits him on a bench, kisses his forehead, and disappears from his life. In a few short days, everything changes. His father moves him across town, enrolls him in a different school, and takes him away from little Saskia, the only friend he's ever had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years later, Freddy is struggling to get through his last year of high school. He painstakingly avoids interactions with other students, who don't understand his hyper-literal perspective. But then Saskia appears, and she's different from the laughing little girl he remembers. She no longer smiles, and she doesn't speak. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they reconnect, Freddy begins to remember what really happened ten years ago. And everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth humorous and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eDo You Think This Is Strange?\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age tale you won't soon forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Cully Drake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927366380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927366387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brindle \u0026amp; Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/2015","brand":"Aaron Cully Drake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937489158399,"sku":"9781927366387","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5e7ed63e-22fa-4cc8-80af-e36854966b50.jpg?v=1681430373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-you-think-this-is-aaron-cully-drake-9781927366387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}