First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition June 2017.
Description
290 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Unlocked -- Diagnosis -- Putting Williams on the map -- MIlestones -- A genetic street lamp -- Eli turns twelve -- Elves on Earth -- School -- Missing genes, more personality -- People like Eli -- Eli goes to camp -- Learning curve -- The note home -- Treating the Friendliness Disorder -- Eli turns thirteen -- What the future holds -- Progress report -- Where the hugging never stops -- Tough love -- Confrontation -- Born to be kind -- Science class -- Graduation -- High school.
Indexed In:
Junior Library Guild
Summary
This is the poignant story of a boy's coming-of-age complicated by Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of distrust.