{"product_id":"9780889954373","title":"Waiting For No One","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor's struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she outlines the ways — both positive and negative — that her Asperger's Syndrome affects her daily life. Connecting with a play by Samuel Beckett, Taylor explores a fear of solitary existence while reaching out to a world at times perplexing. Most important, Taylor wants to be seen as an individual, not as a stereotypical \"person with special needs, \" or a rare wild flower — images that haunt her from the past. A cameo performance by Taylor's new gerbil — Harold Pinter— adds further emphasis to themes of existentialism and humour. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe International Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaskatoon Book Award Nominee\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCLA Young Adult Book Award Nominee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCYBILS Award Nominee \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoozles' Battle of the Books Teen List Title, 2012 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting for No One\u003c\/i\u003e is the stand-alone sequel to \u003ci\u003eWild Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association's prestigious Young Adult Book Award, a number of provincial readers' choice awards, and is a starred selection from the Canadian Children's Book Centre. \u003ci\u003eWild Orchid\u003c\/i\u003e also appears on the New York Public Library's list of Recommended Books for the teens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Deer Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027957367024,"sku":"9780889954373","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889954373_p0.jpg?v=1763845204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889954373","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}