Anything+But+Typical

=Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin=

Jason Blake, the main character, has autism. But he is an amazing writer. Jason goes to school just like a normal kid but no one treats him like one. Not to mention he is having trouble with his teachers. (Frank Lloyd Wright)

“Anything But Typical” is about a twelve year old boy named Jason Blake who has to deal with being autistic. He is just learning how to behave without a one-on-one aide, so he has to deal with the kids making fun of him without a way to get help. He loves to go on a storyboard website, where he can write stories and doesn’t have to worry about people making fun of him. Then, another blogger named Phoenixbird writes to him saying that she thinks his stories are really good. He thinks he has a first true friend, but when he gets to go to a writers’ convention, he begins to worry that she’ll be there too and only see the autistic side of him. “Anything but typical” is emotional, personal, and anything but typical. media type="custom" key="4982367"

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Neche V. - **West Milwaukee** “Anything But Typical” is about a twelve year old boy named Jason Blake who has to deal with being autistic. He is just learning how to behave without a one-on-one aide, so he has to deal with the kids making fun of him without a way to get help. He loves to go on a storyboard website, where he can write stories and doesn’t have to worry about people making fun of him.

Then, another blogger named Phoenixbird writes to him saying that she thinks his stories are really good. He thinks he has a first true friend, but when he gets to go to a writers’ convention, he begins to worry that she’ll be there too and only see the autistic side of him.

“Anything but typical” is emotional, personal, and anything but typical.

Melissa S.- Lincoln Intermediate "Anything But Typical" is about Jason Blake, who is a twelve year old autistic boy. He is learning how to behave without his one-on-one aide, and he now has to deal with people making fun of him, because of the way he acts without a one-on-one aide. He loves going on Storyboard, because he can really express himself without anyone seeing his autistic side. Then, he meets a girl named Phoenixbird, while he's on Storyboard, and Phoenixbird writes to him saying she really loves his stories. He finally thinks he has a true friend, but when his parents want to take him to a Storyboard convention, he isn't really sure if he wants to go, because he's afraid that Phoenixbird will only see his autistic side.

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