{"product_id":"9781927366387","title":"Do You Think This Is Strange?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2016 Leacock Medal for Humour Writing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of an Independent Publishers Book Award (IPPY)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreddy has problems. Some of them are because he's autistic. Most of them are because he's a teenager. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s seven years old, Freddy's mother walks him to the train station, sits him on a bench, kisses his forehead, and disappears from his life. In a few short days, everything changes. His father moves him across town, enrols him in a different school, and takes him away from little Saskia, the only friend he’s ever had. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years later, Freddy is struggling to get through his last year of high school. He painstakingly avoids interactions with other students, who don’t understand his hyper-literal perspective. But then Saskia appears, and she’s different from the laughing little girl he remembers. She no longer smiles, and she doesn’t speak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they reconnect, Freddy begins to remember what really happened ten years ago. And everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. Both humorous and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eDo You Think This Is Strange?\u003c\/i\u003e is a coming-of-age tale you won’t soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pgw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040244318448,"sku":"9781927366387","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927366387_p0.jpg?v=1763638074","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927366387","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}