Summer also holds out the possibility of finding her own boyfriend, though Taylor isn't quite sure what that may involve. For Taylor, whose life experience has been seriously limited, this means facing the test of meeting new people who work in the park's nature center - and facing it alone. Taylor's mother encourages her daughter to explore the park's possibilities on her own. Taylor would just as soon stay at home in Saskatoon, but because she suffers from an autistic condition called Asperger's Syndrome, she can't stay on her own. The holiday has been planned so Taylor's mother can spend time with her latest boyfriend, Danny, and work in the pizza restaurant near the park that Danny runs.
Wild Orchid also appears on the New York Public Library's list of Recommended Books for the teens."item_description" : " Taylor Jane Simon is 18 years old and spending the summer with her mother in Prince Albert National Park. Waiting for No One is the stand-alone sequel to Wild Orchid, which was shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association's prestigious Young Adult Book Award, a number of provincial readers' choice awards, and is a starred selection from the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Woozles' Battle of the Books Teen List Title, 2012 The International Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Winner
A cameo performance by Taylor's new gerbil - Harold Pinter- adds further emphasis to themes of existentialism and humour. Most important, Taylor wants to be seen as an individual, not as a stereotypical "person with special needs, " or a rare wild flower - images that haunt her from the past. Connecting with a play by Samuel Beckett, Taylor explores a fear of solitary existence while reaching out to a world at times perplexing. Young adult readers will identify with Taylor's struggle for independence and self-control, and empathize as she outlines the ways - both positive and negative - that her Asperger's Syndrome affects her daily life. Taylor Jane Simon is an eighteen-year-old girl with Asperger's Syndrome who has a refreshingly different view of the people she encounters and the life she wants to have.
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