A mishap with a broken door lands her in detention with Abelard, a fellow student who’s on the autism spectrum. She’s skipping class, and she’s failing many of her classes, because her ADHD makes the bureaucratic nonsense of high school extremely difficult for her, even though she’s very smart. School is a daily chaotic torture for her. Abelard is broken because he can’t smile and say hello, and he doesn’t like crowds, which is basically what high school is–one giant, swirling, chaotic crowd.” I am broken because I am incapable of sitting still for hours at a time and performing the mind-numbing repetitive tasks that I am required to do. “I am broken because I have a disability. Published Decemby HMH Books for Young Readers
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