I was given this book two Christmases ago but because the write up on the back cover made it sound terrifying, I did not read it until this past Sunday when I began reading in the morning and finished the book in the early evening. A young girl who is on the Autism spectrum gets murdered in the woods that connect to the school playground during recess. Two other special education students, both also on the Autism spectrum, witness the crime but are unable to communicate what they saw. At least, they can't answer the police investigators questions in typical ways. Eye Contact is a murder mystery that can only be solved when the adults penetrate the children's unusual logic. Carefully constructed from layers of plot and an assortment of back-story relationships between the adult characters, McGovern has created a sensitive story filled with good information about the Autism spectrum and the many therapeutic approaches that parents of children on the spectrum use. It is a compelling read but not scary which is why I really enjoyed it.
Cammie McGovern, Eye Contact. 2006. Penguin Books
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