A fresh and funny novel for readers aged 10+, perfect for fans of The Boy at the Back of the Class. Having been kicked out of six different schools, Leon is labelled as having an attitude problem by almost everyone he comes into contact with. Dr Snot (yes, his real name!) gives it a different label and diagnoses Leon as autistic. Leon doesn't care for either label, in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton, supermarket trolleys, train fanatics or Bounty bars.
How he manages to navigate school woes and family drama—and astonishingly ends up with not one but two friends—is nothing short of a miracle, or maybe just simply down to being different.
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Genre: #YA #MiddleGrade #Contemporary
Disability rep: #ND #AutismSpectrumDisorder