The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time: Children's Edition

ISBN: 9780099456766
Author: Mark Haddon
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Christopher is 15 and lives in Swindon with his father. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism. He is obsessed with maths, science and Sherlock Holmes but finds it hard to understand other people. When he discovers a dead dog on a neighbour's lawn he decides to solve the mystery and write a detective thriller about it. As in all good detective stories, however, the more he unearths, the deeper the mystery gets - for both Christopher and the rest of his family. From the Back Cover Fifteen-year-old Christopher has a photographic memory. He understands maths. He understands science. What he can't understand are other human beings. When he finds his neighbour's dog lying dead on the lawn, he decides to track down the killer and write a murder mystery about it. But what other mysteries will he end up uncovering? Longlisted for the Man Booker PrizeShortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize About the Author Mark Haddon:Mark Haddon is an author, illustrator and screenwriter who has written fifteen books and won two BAFTAS. He lives in Oxford.

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