{"product_id":"kids-like-us","title":"Kids Like Us","description":"A heartwarming and original story about acceptance, falling in love for the first time and learning that the line between reality and imagination does not have to be fixed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKids Like Us is the delightful, heartwarming story of Martin, a teenager on the autism spectrum, who falls for Gilberte-Alice, a 'normal' French girl. While spending summer in the French countryside with his mother, Martin mistakes Gilberte for a character in a novel he is obsessed with - Marcel Proust's masterpiece \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. He gradually realises she is not Gilberte, the fantasy girl, but a real person named Alice. Falling in love, in all its unpredictability, teaches Martin that he can connect to people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKids LIke Us\u003c\/i\u003e is also the ultimate book about acceptance. Perhaps we are all in our own bubble; perhaps the line between reality and imagination does not have to be fixed.  A book for those who loved \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog at the Nighttime\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCounting by 7's\u003c\/i\u003e by Holly Goldberg Sloan.","brand":"Hilary Reyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516776742973,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925498912.jpg?v=1787572788","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/kids-like-us","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}