This is one of my least favorite children's books on autism. It examines one autistic boy from his family's perspective, not his own. The pictures are black and white and very grim. While it might be useful for children who have a sibling with autism, it does little to give encouragment to the family or explain to that sibling how he can still have a brother who loves him very much. Granted, it looks at the life of a severely autistic child, not one with PDD-NOS, AS, or HFA. But it just felt so fatalistic to me-cold and clinical. Not recommended for classroom reading or reading to children, especially not for inclusion teachers. Many better autism books out there.