synesthesia

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synesthesia

Space Boy

"To Amy, everyone has a flavor. For instance, Doctor Kim is like chamomile tea with lemon. Amy is finally feeling that she's made a true connection with the mysterious, flavorless Oliver, but their entire relationship is rattled--possibly forever. Amy struggles to come to terms with that friendship ending and reaches out to an old friend. She'll discover that the help of friends from all points of her life makes everything better"--Provided by publisher.
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Stuff we all get

Fifteen-year-old Zack, a sound-color synesthete, is on a mission to find a musician he can relate to.

Out of my mind

a novel
Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory. She can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom, the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy, and she's determined to let everyone know it, somehow.

Absolute pressure

Ian, spending the summer on Key West with his Uncle Gord, a dive shop owner, is drawn into a dangerous adventure when he sets out to learn why someone is trying to harm his uncle.

The girl who heard colors

2013
Because she has a special extra sense called synesthesia, Jillian sees colors whenever she hears sounds.
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The color of Bee Larkham's murder

a novel
Every sound in thirteen-year-old Jasper Wishart's world has its own unique color, from each person's individual voice to noisy birds to slamming doors. When Bee Larkham, the neighbor lady he watches from his window, disappears, Jasper sees the ice blue color of murder. Afraid that he's done something terrible to her, he begins to look back on their interactions that he's obsessively recorded in his notebooks to see if he can find any clues. But someone else doesn't want Jasper to find out the truth.
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The boy with seventeen senses

2016
Jaq Rollop lives on Yipsmix, a planet where tastes, numbers, and emotions have colors, shapes, and distinct personalities, and in times of stress, Jaq finds a hidden map leading to a terrifying, magical land.

Shade me

2016
"A teenage girl with special cognitive abilities becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the brutal attack of a high-profile classmate and a sexy yet dangerous relationship with a stranger"--.

A mango-shaped space

2007
Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.

A mango-shaped space

a novel
2005
Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango.

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