In fact, her only real friend, other than her sister Tess, is Collette. They met one day in elementary school when a tornado touched down near their school. Collette was terrified. Frankie was enraptured. Somehow things just worked.
But things are different in 7th grade. There's a new girl who seems to have stolen Tess and Collette, and Frankie has felt isolated these last few months since she overheard the girls talking about her "tornado brain."
But now Collette is missing. At first, Frankie has no idea about where her former best friend could be, but as she starts thinking about events leading up to Collette's disappearance, she gets an idea. Could Collette's disappearance be related to Dare and Scare, the game the three girls used to play?
As Frankie tries to unravel the clues, she's frustrated because she sometimes has difficulty communicating with other people. She just has a feeling she's right, and she sets out to track down Collette. As she follows the clues, she thinks back over her friendship and everything that led her to this point. Is it possible she didn't understand everything correctly? Will she be able to solve the puzzle before it's too late?
This new novel about a neurodiverse protagonist by Cat Patrick is a must read! It's a great story about friendship and misunderstanding and a great mystery. I do think it's a step in the right direction for books about neurodiverse people. For a long time, these stories have just been about the world trying to accommodate people who struggle to fit in. That's an important part of this story, but Frankie also comes to some realizations about herself and learns that she has to accommodate and try to understand other people, as well. This is an empowering notion for people who are neurodiverse. Highly recommended!
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