03564cam a2200793 i 4500 516089075 TxAuBib 20211013120000.0 041013t20042003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781400032716 pbk. 1400032717 pbk. 9780099450252 0099450259 9781101911617 1101911611 9781435275805 1435275802 9780385512107 0385512104 9781400077830 1400077834 9781417622085 1417622083 9780756958480 0756958482 9781400032716 (OCoLC)1004870151 TxAuBib rda Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon. 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries, 2004. ©2003. 226 pages,paperback : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Vintage contemporaries Vintage contemporaries "A novel"--Cover. Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 2003. Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning. He lives on patterns, rules, and a diagram kept in his pocket. Then one day, a neighbor's dog, Wellington, is killed and his carefully constructive universe is threatened. Christopher sets out to solve the murder in the style of his favourite (logical) detective, Sherlock Holmes. What follows makes for a novel that is funny, poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a person whose curse and blessing are a mind that perceives the world entirely literally. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 10.0 72354. Accelerated Reader Upper Grades 5.4 10.0 Quiz: 72354. Reading Counts High School 6.3 15.0 Quiz: 36343. Guided Reading Level Z 0.0 0.0. Developmental Reading Assessment 70 0.0 0.0. 20211013. Whitbread Award, 2003. Mystery and Detective stories. Autism Fiction. Dogs Fiction. Autistic Disorder. Autism. Savants (Savant syndrome.) Autistic youth Fiction. Asperger's syndrome Fiction. Savants (Savant syndrome) Fiction. Mystery Fiction. England Fiction. England. Fiction Coming of Age. Fictional Work. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Vintage contemporaries. Vintage contemporaries.