The book starts out with a kid named Christopher holding his neighbors dead dog in his arm. One would immediately think, why would someone do such a thing? But Christopher has Aspergers and he doesn’t really think that him holding the dog is wrong. Christopher is a teenage boy living with a disorder that makes the simplest things such as understanding facial expressions hard for him. But Christopher is a very smart boy who loves math, science, and mystery novels. Christopher chose to write a book about trying to find out who killed the dog, he wanted to be a detective. But things don’t go right when he gets yelled at by his dad to stop poking around in other people’s business. Eventually Christopher’s dad finds out that he is writing a mystery novel and takes the book away from him.
In the beginning of the book you just think that it’s going to be only about Christopher finding out who killed the dog. But in reality it’s about Christopher learning more about his life. Christopher’s dad told him that his mother had passed away, but in reality she was still alive. Christopher believed his dad and went on living his life, until Wellington was murdered. The dog being murdered started a long journey for Christopher to not only find out the truth about things but also for him to learn how to grow up. While Christopher is trying to find his book he snoops around his dad’s room and he finds letters. The letters were from his mom who lived in London and she wrote to him every day. Christopher doesn’t really understand the letters because his mom is supposed to be dead. Everything changes for Christopher when he finds out that his Dad had killed Wellington. That’s when Christopher starts his journey to London to find his mom. Christopher learns how to do things on his own. He found his mom, went to London all by himself, and he wrote a book. Christopher changed by the end of the book, he had grown up.
Reaction
: I thought that it was a good book, although at some times it was hard to understand Christopher. The book was over all enjoyable, and interesting. I thought that the way that the book was in his perspective was different, it wasn’t like someone was talking about what he did. The only thing I didn’t like about the books were the chapters where he rambled about things that weren’t really even in the plot of the story. I thought it was interesting to read a book that was in the perspective of a person that has Aspergers. It really gave you a look inside of Christopher’s mind and how he thinks.
