SuitabookAutistic perspective and difference
Phoebe is autistic and prefers routine, walking her dog and writing fantasy fiction; the story follows challenges that take her beyond her comfort zone.
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Gavin Extence - Author
A character-led coming-of-age story about an autistic teenager navigating friendship, secrecy, school life and disruption to routine. Its central appeal is Phoebe’s perspective and the changing demands placed on her relationships.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA character-led coming-of-age story about an autistic teenager navigating friendship, secrecy, school life and disruption to routine. Its central appeal is Phoebe’s perspective and the changing demands placed on her relationships.
Phoebe is autistic and prefers routine, walking her dog and writing fantasy fiction; the story follows challenges that take her beyond her comfort zone.
Phoebe agrees to cover for her best friend’s secret boyfriend and becomes involved in deception and rule-breaking.
Phoebe prefers staying in her comfort zone, while friendship, school circumstances and chess-club politics disrupt her familiar routines.
The situation involves a secret relationship, covering for a friend, deception, rule-breaking and pressures connected with school and a chess club.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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