{"product_id":"kids-like-us-by-hilary-reyl-9781925498912","title":"Kids Like Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKids Like Us\u003c\/em\u003e is the delightful, heartwarming story of Martin, a teenager on the autism spectrum, who falls for Gilberte-Alice, a ‘normal’ French girl. While spending summer in the French countryside with his mother, Martin mistakes Gilberte for a character in a novel he is obsessed with—Marcel Proust’s masterpiece \u003cem\u003eIn Search of Lost Time.\u003c\/em\u003e He gradually realises she is not Gilberte, the fantasy girl, but a real person named Alice. Falling in love, in all its unpredictability, teaches Martin that he can, in fact, connect and get out of his bubble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffering a valuable window into the mind of a high-functioning autistic kid, \u003cem\u003eKids Like Us\u003c\/em\u003e is also the ultimate book about acceptance. Perhaps we are all in our own bubble; perhaps the line between reality and imagination does not have to be fixed. We meet Martin’s adorable older sister, Elisabeth, his friend Layla and her very useful ‘moth’ theory. And there’s lots of great cooking. The prose is sharp, original, and brimming with empathy and humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor those who loved \u003cem\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCounting by 7's\u003c\/em\u003e by Holly Goldberg Sloan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549726626028,"sku":"9781925498912","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15314453482873.jpg?v=1749921063","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/kids-like-us-by-hilary-reyl-9781925498912","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}