Do You Know Me?

By Libby Scott, Rebecca Westcott

Book #2 in the Can You See Me series

An autistic girl faces friendship challenges on a week-long school trip away from home.

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320 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Tally embarks on a daunting week-long school trip, her longest time away from home. As an autistic girl, she's anxious about sleeping arrangements and missing her dog, Rupert. Upon arrival, she's dismayed to find she's not rooming with her friend Aleksandra but with former friends and two new girls who reject her. Struggling with isolation, Tally must navigate the complexities of friendship and self-discovery. Can she find her place and make new friends, or will the trip be a lonely ordeal? This heartfelt story unfolds through prose and diary entries, exploring the essence of true friendship.

From the publisher

In this sequel to Can You See Me?, Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott return with another heartwarming and eye-opening story of friendship and middle school, inspired by Libby’s own experiences of autism.Everyone else in Tally’s grade seems excited for their class trip… And she knows she is supposed to be too. Ever since her classmates found out she is autistic, Tally has felt more comfortable being herself. But the end-of-year trip will be an entire week – her longest overnight trip ever. How will she sleep? What about all the bugs? What will her dog, Rupert, do without her at home?Though she decides she doesn’t want to miss out, bad news strikes as soon as she arrives: She isn’t bunking with her friend Aleksandra. Instead, she is rooming with her former friends and two girls from a neighboring school – who both reject Tally on day one.Tally isn’t sure she’ll ever make new friends. And how will she survive for so long away from home?Told through a mix of prose and diary entries, this authentic and relatable novel is about finding your people, and learning what it takes to be a true friend.

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