On this title or this review, send mail to © the Manitoba Library Association. Sylvia Santiago is a writer and reviewer in Calgary, AB. Fragile Bones: Harrison & Anna seems a promising start to the “One-2-One” series. By showing the unusual way someone with autism/Asperger’s processes information, empathy is created. It is especially effective in Harrison’s case. This approach works well, allowing readers to note the difference in the way Harrison and Anna experience the same situations.
Over the course of the book, the delicate friendship that develops between the two very different students is encouraging.Ĭhapters alternate, narrated in the first person from each character’s viewpoint.
There is an earnestness to Anna that is endearing. She does research on autism/Asperger’s and selects activities to accommodate Harrison’s condition and interests. A self professed keener, Anna approaches Harrison as she would a school project. Hoping to make Harrison’s transition to high school more comfortable, his mother insists he participate in the Best Buddies program.Īnna Leonard is a high school senior who joins the program because it’s another extracurricular activity that will enhance her university application. This fixation surfaces whenever Harrison feels anxious he starts listing bones or repeating medical facts. He has high functioning autism/Asperger’s and a fixation on human anatomy. Harrison Henry is a 15 year old student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. The “One-2-One” novels feature stories of students in the Best Buddies program which pairs developmentally disabled teens with peer “buddies” for the purpose of social interaction and to support diversity. Lorna Schultz Nicholson’s Fragile Bones: Harrison & Anna, is the first book in the “One-2-One” series. The menu was on a laminated board on the brick wall outside the restaurant. Richmond Hill, ON: Clockwise Press, 2015.Īnna stopped in front of a building with a red awning and it made me think of the red bicycle. Volume XXII Number 2.September 11, 2015įragile Bones: Harrison & Anna. CM Magazine: Fragile Bones: Harrison & Anna.
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