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    Livvie Owen Lived Here
    Livvie Owen Lived Here
    Livvie Owen Lived Here
    Audiobook5 hours

    Livvie Owen Lived Here

    Written by Sarah Dooley

    Narrated by Angela Jayne Rogers

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    About this audiobook

    A special needs teacher who lived in 24 different places during her childhood, debut novelist Sarah Dooley taps her expertise and channels her experiences for this powerful tale. Livvie Owen is autistic. She doesn't feel things the same way her parents and sister do, and she's confused why her family has to keep moving from one home to another. There is only one place where Livvie ever felt truly happy. She wants to return there now, but there's a problem. Livvie burned that house to the ground. "A book that will challenge and touch you to the core."-Meg Cabot
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 18, 2010
    ISBN9781449840136
    Livvie Owen Lived Here
    Author

    Sarah Dooley

    As a child, Sarah Dooley lived twenty-four different places, including an abandoned post office, a tent, and a red cargo van. She now lives in West Virginia with her partner and their assortment of dogs, cats, and horses. When she is not writing, she has the pleasure of teaching, and being taught by, children with special needs. She was named a "Flying Start" author by Publishers Weekly for her debut novel, Livvie Owen Lived Here.

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    • 3/5
      It was pretty good. It was a fascinating look through the eyes of a young female reader with a mental disorder. She is not any less of a person because of it, and it was fascinating to see her reaction to her family member's reactions and all that. The story was very well done and the reader was very good as well. I enjoyed it.
    • 3/5
      Sarah Dooley is a teacher for children with special needs, and in her novel Livvie Owen Lived Here, about a fourteen year-old with autism, she thanks her students “who gave [her] this assignment.” Livvie and her family (including two sisters, Lanie, 11 and Tash, 16), have had to move frequently because of Livvie’s inability to control her outbursts. Her relationship with Lanie is strained, and they often butt heads, but Tash has more of a calming presence for Livvie, even though she seems to struggle internally with her sister’s tantrums and the destruction they bring. When the family receives their latest, Livvie resolves to help her family move back into their old home, which she calls Sun House, despite the fact that it burned down after one of her devastating outbursts. Warm, bright colors, like those of the Sun House, are soothing to Livvie. She often associates happiness with these colors, and thus fondly remembers the connection she had with their former family pet, Orange Cat. Unfortunately, Orange Cat escaped during one of Livvie’s outbursts and was hit by a car. Thus, much of Livvie’s struggles are her attempts to reconcile her past mistakes and figure out a way her family can live peacefully.Livvie forms a bond with her latest substitute teacher, Mrs. Rhodes, who happens to have an autistic brother and understand Livvie’s motivations in a way few others can. Livvie Owen Lived Here is a lovely ode to Dooley’s students, and will hopefully be a book that autistic readers and their families can find simpatico characters.
    • 3/5
      Livvie Owen is a fourteen year-old girl desperately trying to make her family happy and find a place that they can call home while dealing with autism. The story is told through a unique perspective (Livvie’s, that is), shedding light on autism. Readers will feel surprisingly refreshed seeing the world from such a different perspective. Some of the things that Livvie writes about seem unrealistic—like the fact that she wrote the book but cannot read, or some of the large words that she uses—but they add depth to the story and help make her likeable. Livvie struggles with deciphering the emotions of her family as well as her own, and wrestles with questions about change, having autism, and her place in her family. Many of the difficulties Livvie encounters parallel those experienced by other young adults. Dooley’s book could also serve as an educational tool, showing kids not only what the world looks like through the lens of autism, but also why some kids with autism do the things they do. This book is really an eye-opener, and readers will find that they really care for Livvie as they read.