Mockingbird

Book: Mockingbird
Author: Kathryn Erksine
Year Published: 2010
My Rating: 4/5
Recommended For: Everyone.

Short Summary: After facing the tragedy of a school shooting that killed her older brother and mentor in life Devon, Caitlin a girl with asperger's syndrome is forced to fend for herself. This book explains her journey into closure of dealing with her brother's death and takes a step into the daily life of her world..

Review (Spoiler Alert)
In my opinion this is probably one of the most beautifully written books made for young adults ever made. It's not one of those cookie cutter types of books for teens, it deals with issues that people don't tend to write about and talks about subjects that authors sometimes like to work around. Kathryn Erkine really did execute the whole idea of the book very efficiently and I found the writing to be very clean and smooth. Caitlin really did seem like a real girl to me and the book gave me very easy access into her world.
I also like how the book deals with how people take pain and tragedy differently. Following the school shooting in the books, it showed how the community dealt with it and how the families reacted. Some people tried to avoid the subject as much as possible and others only had their minds on it. The book gave a different perspective on things and I enjoyed reading about Caitlin's road to recovery.
Another detail I really liked in the book was how the cousin of one of the shooters often felt victimized by the other kid's by what happened and thought they all hated him because of it when in reality they only hated him because he was mean to the other children. It comes to show that sometimes the smaller things can be the blame for something larger and not everything is what they seem to be.
This book is just amazing and I don't think that it should be just for young adults. I think a lot of people should read this book because there is a lot you can learn from it.