Brenna, Beverley

Taylor, a funny, smart girl with Asperger's syndrome, struggles to gain her independence from loved ones who want to keep her close for her own good.

Taylor Jane Simon, an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome, travels to France, as she struggles to become independent of her controlling mother and meets a new mentor.

"Nine-year-old Jeannie buys a pet hamster (who shares narrating duties) after her parents separate due to her father's newly revealed homosexuality. Jeannie and her mother befriend a transgender neighbor, and the hamster becomes a calming influence on the characters, despite its own difficult quest to find the meaning of life"--Provided by publisher.

Taylor Jane Simon, an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome, travels to France, as she struggles to become independent of her controlling mother and meets a new mentor.

Observes the spring hatching of a daddy longlegs or harvestman and follows her until the autumn when she herself is ready to lay her eggs.

Taylor Jane Simon, an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome, struggles for independence and self-control as she deals with the effects of the illness on her daily life.

Eighteen-year-old Taylor Jane Simon, sheltered most of her life because of an autistic condition, sees new possibilities opening up for her when she goes to spend the summer in Prince Albert National Park where her mother has taken a job working in a pizza restaurant.