Kristy and the Secret of Susan

The Baby-Sitters Club, Book 32

De: Ann M. Martin

Narrado por: Brittany Pressley

Kristy believes that the autistic child she sits for is normal enough to attend special ed classes at school. After a while though, she realizes that Susan would be better off with children like herself.

©1990 Ann M. Martin (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

One of the heartbreaking ones.

This was a really important story for young readers. Kristy did a lot of learning in this one about how there are different degrees of being handicapped and/or mentally challenged, and how you can't change some things in short period of time. I'm just glad she didn't tell Susan's mom about her plan and embarrass herself.

She also learned about how cruel the world is.

This is one of the heartbreaking ones.

5 out of 5 Pianos

ITS SO AMAZING

I really like Susan BUT am so mad at the kids who said she was a freak AND KRISTY DID NOT DO ANYTHING she knows the kids name so FIND THE KIDS MOM but she did not but I LOVE THIS BOOK OH and why did SUSAN HAVE TO GO but still get this book it’s incredible thanks bye

Relive your childhood memories.

The Babysitter's club is introduced to Autism in this book and the narrators do an excellent job.

Poor Kristy. She means well, though.

Rather outdated views on Autism, but, well done for it's time. Poor Susan, some kids calling her a retard, disgusting. Kristy has good intentions, and a kind heart, but, she has to learn that her plans won't work, no matter how well meaning they may be. Still, great effort.

This is a horrific book.

I have autism, and this is very far from the truth. Most autistic people, for one thing, aren’t this underdeveloped. This is the worst possible case of autism a person can have, and is very rare. Another thing is that most autistic people have very prominent personalities, and would have connections to certain objects, meaning they would most likely have a very personified room , not a room reminiscent of a hotel. An lastly, sending autistic children off to boarding school is a horrible choice of education, and a lot of the students are beat and abused for not being able to follow the curriculum, even in handicapped schools. This book is unrealistic, not well thought through, and offensive. I hope this book is banned. The author does such good work on her other books, so I am extremely disappointed. Overall, this is the worst book in the babysitters club series.