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    By Steven Harper

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    It's difficult enough to live in the neighborhood "freakazoid" house. It's even more difficult when you're autistic and neither your family nor best friend really understands you. So when Ryan November wakes up on his eleventh birthday with the ability to see the future, he braces himself for trouble. But even his newfound power doesn't help him anticipate that the fair folk—undines, salamanders, gnomes, and sylphs—want him dead, dead, dead. Ryan races to defend himself and his family against unrelenting danger from the fairy realm so he can uncover the truth about his family history—and himself. Except as Ryan's power grows, the more enticing the fairy realm becomes, forcing him to choose between order and chaos and power and family. And for an autistic boy, such choices are never cut and dry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781945107283
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    Steven Harper

    Steven Harper Piziks was born with a last name no one can reliably spell or pronounce, so he usually writes under the name Steven Harper. He grew up on a farm in Michigan but has also lived in Wisconsin and Germany and spent extensive time in Ukraine.So far, he’s written more than two dozen novels and over fifty short stories and essays. In 2022, his short story "Eight Mile and the City" in When Worlds Collide by Zombies Need Brains was nominated for the Washington Science Fiction Association Small Press Award for Short Fiction. When not writing, he plays the folk harp, lifts weights, and spends more time on-line than is probably good for him. He teaches high school English in southeast Michigan, where he lives with his husband. His students think he’s hysterical, which isn’t the same as thinking he’s funny.

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    • 4/5
      I received Un/Fair from LibraryThing in return for an honest review.Today is Ryan November's and his only friend Allison's birthday. It turns out full of surprises and danger.Sylphs, Red Cap Trolls, and fiery Salamanders are out to get him. I liked this book. It was cute and full of twists. Some expected and some not so much. Great read for the 5th or 6th grader.
    • 4/5
      I think this is a great book. While it is perfect for my 4th and 6th grader, I thoroughly enjoyed this book myself. The boy has autism, while that is not what the book is about, I think it was a great way to understand some Autistic behaviors better. In addition to showing that people with autism can be amazing, special people. As far as the book goes it is beyond exciting dealing with mythical beings and very well written. Highly recommended for the young and old.
    • 4/5
      This book was received as an Early Reviewer selection.This book was a colorful collection of action, adventure, and mystery, and it should have special appeal to those who love reading about the fairy (oops, bad word! nary, hairy, scary, fairy) realm intruding into ours. I love the way the author speculates about the nature of autism as well, tying it less to biology or psychology and more to a perception of and devotion to patterns, both seen and unseen. For those of us who encounter people with this special condition, Harper's explanation makes a lot more sense than many I have heard of. Overall, a very fun read, and highly recommended to all!