Loved this! It was a compulsive read..had to finish it once I started it.

Here is the blub from amazon:
From Publishers Weekly
This is a difficult book for a reader. Fletcher has a clean, clear voice for the narrator and for Cara, mother of an autistic child who is found in the woods near the dead body of a retarded girl. But her other voices are unconvincing; they all sound so off that it's hard to distinguish autistic children and adults from those who aren't. Morgan, the boy who solves the murder, sounds like a deranged adult, while young Chris, who lures a teen bully into the woods, sounds like a peculiar man uttering short, jerky words and phrases. Although wrapped like a mystery, this is really a book about autism, about the numerous forms it can take, about parents who do or don't devote themselves to understanding and helping their children. All of this is genuinely interesting, but as a novel it's contrived. The children's interior monologues give the reader a glimpse into their thought processes, but are so detailed they don't ring true. (One child distinguishes between "mean" and "cruel" behavior-verbal vs. physical abuse.) The mystery is less compelling than the author's valuable insights into our "compassion, disdain, terror and pity" for these youngsters. ( )

My mother bought me this in flurry of "Halloween" books. I did enjoy it, and felt no matter how correct its details were, it did make me think about living with mental disabilities as well as physical. I remember fighting to figure out just who the killer was etc. It wasn't a bad book, but as murder mysteries aren't really my thing, it wasn't on my to-read-again list. ( )

ADAM, UN NIÑO AUTISTA, APARECE EN UN BOSQUE JUNTO AL CADÁVER DE UNA NIÑA ASESINADA, EL NIÑO SE SUMERJE MAS EN SU AUTISMO, Y SU MADRE INTENTA ARRANCARLE DE SU SILENCIO. ( )

Kudos for Cammie McGovern for writing a book that includes an autistic child. Adams character is really well written and very interesting to read. Cara, Adam's mom is a single mom with no friends, no family, and no support network. She and her son are soon in the middle of a horrific murder which involves Adam and several of his classmates and a few older students. Many of the kids have disabilities which I thought made the story a bit much. Then the bullying factor is added and I just thought too many childhood issues were being thrown together. The author has an autistic child so her representation of Adam is really well written. I thought some of the parts where Kevin is in the woods to be a bit confusing. A bit too much mixed into one story for my taste, but some great characters are represented. ( )

This was a really good book. The story was told from the perspective of many characters which gave it a lot of depth. The mystery was intriguing and held my interest until the end. Highly recommend. ( )