The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida

The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism

Naoki Higashida with David Mitchell (Translator), K.A. Yoshida (Translator)

180 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir psychology challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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Composed by a writer still with one foot in childhood, and whose autism was at least as challenging and life-defining as our son's, THE REASON I JUMP was a revelatory godsend. Reading it felt as if, for the first time, our own son was talking to u...

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informative 87%
reflective 64%
inspiring 49%
emotional 40%
hopeful 30%
challenging 14%
lighthearted 10%
sad 9%
funny 7%
adventurous 1%
dark 1%

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slow 10%

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