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I read this for work (I teach in a special school so need books for KS2 & 3 learners) and I thoroughly enjoyed it! An excellent choice for higher KS2, but a good read for adults too!

This book is about being neurodivergent, bullies, kindness, friendship, and apologies. It was a quick, easy read and it made me cry (not something that happens often). I love Addie and her voice throughout the book!

And we‘re off! This is my first book of 2022 and I liked it a lot. A memorable main character and her family and experiences at school. Love the fact that it‘s an own voices book with an autistic author.

An important & well-written novel that needs to be put in the hands of middle grade readers. An OwnVoices novel, it explores the difficulty of being different (in this case autistic) in a world that sometimes fails to embrace diversity. The writing is perfectly aimed at its audience & speaks in a way that is accessible & plainly understood. Brilliantly & sensitively written. There is a lot to be learned from this novel for both children & adults.

Well, I quite literally couldn‘t put this one down. An incredibly moving story but also a vitally important one. Every parent, every teacher & every child should read it.
Blurb: A KIND OF SPARK tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Can Addie challenge how the people in her town see her, and her autism, and make her voice heard?