This seemed clumsy and unprofessional. The story itself was fine, but something about it didn't seem like a book that I'd be able to purchase at a bookstore. It gave me a homemade feeling. This book would have highly benefited from a sensitivity reader who is autistic. I am not autistic myself but there were a few parts in the book that made me cringe and could have been fixed with use of a good sensitivity reader.

I won't post a negative review. The intent was good, but the writing was not. Thank you anyway.

Ari has autism and this book is written through his eyes.

It’s difficult to discuss a book on a subject I know so little about. It’s great that Ari has a wonderful imagination - but would everyone reading this book understand that it’s his imagination? Or can someone young and impressionable get the idea that they might be knighted by an ancient Chinese god?

The story seems to come in a bit jerkily and at the end we do an extreme fast forward.

It’s not a pacing I’m used to and it threw me off a little - but is that a symptom of the writing, or was it intentional for the intended audience?

Ultimately, though, I did like the overall message that we are all different, and that’s ok.

While I like the intent of the story it is not something I would use in my classroom. There may be students who are able to see themselves reflected in this story

Ari is young boy who has autism. He is unhappy about the way people treat him and say that he is different. Talking to his friend and with the help of her grandfather, a crystal ball and a guardian angel, he begins to see that he is different, but has special gifts to give. The drawback to the book is that the text is one line on one page and very wordy and complex on the next. This book might be good to use with late primary/early junior classes who are having issues accepting others with differences. It could elicit some good discussion and work with character development. I was not impressed with the presentation on the whole.

I do not like this story at all. It’s too much. It's too complicated, too wordy, and to all over the place. The main character has autism and the moral of the story is to be yourself, but it takes a magic ball to get Ari to notice that he is good even though he is different. Nope. Does not work for me.