"An online community of millions follows with breathless anticipation as a young fugitive from injustice chronicles in real time an emotion-filled journey of escape and romance on his favorite medium and confessional: Yelp"--

Philadelphia sixth-graders Kevin and Melanie become fast friends as they encourage Jordan, an autistic kindergartener, to draw, but when they decide to paint a mural on school property they learn that even when they are doing good, there are boundaries.

Relates a girl's journey with autism from birth through her school years. From the time she's an infant, Tilly's family notices that she is different from the other children. When they realize that Tilly is on a different path from the others, they turn to a psychologist who helps them identify the problem. Having a name for her differences helps Tilly begin a journey to her future.

"Having a sibling on the spectrum brings great joy. It also brings a flurry of emotions, challenges and questions. Written by a seven-year-old boy, "What About Me?" works through the day-to-day struggles and joys of being an autism sibling."--Back cover.

Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression.

Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions--like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better--that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race...

"Kumar evokes [Mumbai] with lyrical prose." --Publishers Weekly Included in Publishers Weekly's Crime Fiction feature on police corruption and brutality. "A melancholy cop's obsessions are just the tip of the iceberg as he leads a two-fisted team determined to clean up Mumbai's mean streets...Kumar's style, blunt but often by turns poetic and droll, is arresting...As unusual as it is compelling, this entry lays the groundwork for an entertaining...