A Kind of Spark

WOW, just wow! This book was soo good. It's written by an actual neurodivergent author so this was great!
It's about Addie an autistic girl who is obsessed with sharks and reading and the Scottish witch trials. It was soo cool to read about someone who knows soo much about her neurotype. She used all the right words, including being called autistic not someone with autism. She talked about her stims, her special interests, how masking is soo deliberating. I loved that her big sister was also autistic! I don't see that often, especially one who is an adult at university but still struggles! I loved how they mentioned they don't want any cure, autism isn't an illness, not a superpower either! I mean this was as if my own opinions on these topics were here. I also hate what happened to those poor mostly women but men too who were accused of being witches for simple things that made them different, as being neurodivergent, left-handed, read-headed, queer, or something. So Addie wants to do something, to make a memorial to commemorate them as they were falsely accused and killed in a way to apologize as these things should never happen. Also, Addie has some struggles with a teacher at school who is basically a real witch who is very mean and bullies her, she also bullied her older sister Keedie too before. Also, a school bully who turns out to be dyslexic herself, what a shame to bully some other ND... It was a very nice book, and I'd say the most accurate one about autistic people I read until now! I'm so impressed!!! I did relate to some parts with Addie including her obsession with books, lol, and her vibing and saying the truth to others. While I never told anyone outside about me being neurodivergent though... It's a harsh world here, people still judge, I'm like Keddie, not ready.