Soraya, desde la EOI de Luarca, nos recomienda esta novela de Mark Haddon.
En inglés.
In this book the
main character and the narrator of the story is Christopher Boone who is 15
years old and has Asperger Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and
very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth but he
hates yellow and brown.
One night
Christopher finds Mrs Shears’ dog, Wellington, murdered. Mrs Shears is his
neighbour. When he approaches his neighbour’s house he sees that there is a
garden fork sticking out of the dog. Christopher pulls it out and hugs the dog.
Just then Mrs Shear appears and she starts shouting at Christopher since she
thinks he has killed Wellington. When the police arrive they ask Christopher
too many questions and too quickly. Consequently he rolls back onto the lawn
and presses his forehead to the ground because there is too much information
coming into his head from the outside world. A policeman takes hold of his arm
and lifts him onto his feet but Christopher doesn’t like being touched so he
hits the policeman.
At the police
station Christopher’s father makes him promise he will stay out of trouble.
However he still wants to know who killed Wellington and, besides that he is
writing a book about the murder so he is continuously asking his neighbours
about the incident.
Nevertheless
Christopher discovers an amazing secret that his father had kept hidden for a
long time.
I think this book
is easy to read but hard to put down. Not only is it a gripping and fast-moving
novel, but it also raises many interesting questions, such as how different life
would be if a member of your family had Asperger Syndrome.
