Tornado Brain by Cat Patrick

Tornado Brain by Cat Patrick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read this for the #BitAboutBooks Spring Reading Challenge and an #Own Voices story. Frankie is 13 years old, neurodiverse and her perception of the world is definitely different from others. She sees a therapist and takes medications, but ends this when she overhears her best friend, Collette and sister, Tess and another friend talking about her. Rather than confront them, she bottles it up, and she distances herself from them. Because Cat is neurodiverse she does not tell the reader that she has a twin (and this twin is also friends with Collette) and this is the way her brain works, and middle grade students will be drawn into her story that is about family, friendship, lies, secrets, and trying to figure things out. I learned so much from Frankie, but also from her sister, Tess, but the way they interact raises many questions because of the way Frankie is--compulsive, shouting out, hating being touched, and many more of her challenges. A must read!

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