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A Corner of the Universe

Ann M. Martin

On the heels of her acclaimed novel BELLE TEAL, bestselling and beloved author Ann M. Martin presents a searing story about family ties and how they bind us.The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition invovles schizophrenia and autism.Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability,

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Book Details

Genre:

Fiction

Age Level:

12 and up

A Corner of the Universe review by SHC

SHC

Hattie has never been told about her uncle Adam until now. Adam went to a school for the mentally disabled, but it is closing now so he must come home. Hattie and Adam develop a special friendship; they share secrets and learn from each other.