{"product_id":"do-you-think-this-is-strange-paperback","title":"Do You Think This Is Strange? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAaron Cully Drake\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Cully Drake\u003c\/b\u003e has written for newspapers and magazines and is a former reporter and editor. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife, son, and autistic daughter, all of whom keep advising him to shut up. \u003ci\u003eDo You Think This Is Strange?\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769981010208,"sku":"9781927366387","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c12a16557b02c2ae521797931a38c26.webp?v=1780361739","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/do-you-think-this-is-strange-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}