A Mango Shaped Space

So, here is the second book that I read on vacation. It's called "A Mango Shaped Space" and its by one of my favorite authors, Wendy Mass. Lets just say before I even continue, I'm going to give a standing ovation to her! The story is based on a girl, Mia Winchell, having a deisese called Synesthesia. As I was reading this I was amazed at how hard it must have been to write a story about something that you can't really relate to. How much research that had to be done to get a goood grip on the condition must have taken forever and even then its difficult to put yourself in someone like Mia's position. Anyways, back to the story. So, Mia is a middle schooler who for all her life had to go through this alone without anyone knowing. But finally one day, she just can't take it anymore and tells her parents everything. They bring her to get help and things start to get a little better. Until Mngo, her beloved cat who gives her the gift of feeling as thought her dead grandfather is still with her, dies. All of a sudden things go the oposite direction that they should. Adam, a boy who also has Synesthesia, kisses her but its not how anyone would expect, frienships start to change for the worst, and most of all, her colors are gone.

I'm going to stop there because I don't want to give away all the good parts. You'll just have to go take a trip to the book store to find out..