Me, Who Dove Into the Heart of the World (Hardcover) by Sabina Berman, Lisa Dillman

from ilikethesebooks

This is not exactly a Young Adult title, but I agreed to review it here because it does have crossover appeal. Karen Nieto spent the first several years of her life as a feral child: naked, skittish and mute. With the help of her accepting aunt, Karen, later classified as a "high functioning auti...

from TinaV95

This is the story of "Me"; our narrator (Karen to the rest of us) refers to herself as Me throughout the tale. She is described as a "feral" child left to her own devices by a cruel mother. Rescued and "tamed" by her aunt, Karen emerges as what the author later terms a 'high functioning autistic'...

from eenerd

This book was so weird! But the main character, Karen, this Mexican autistic savant is so weirdly captivating. The story, about the revolutionary tuna fleet and fishery she runs with her aunt and others, is pretty wild, as is the unique way in which she interacts with the rest of the world, which...

from johnwmejia

Might have spoiler elements: I should have written this earlier because "eenerd" already wrote the review I would have. I enjoyed the novel. The descriptive passages were very well written. The imagery was vibrant, especially the very first scenes with the protagonist Karen as a "wild child" - fo...

from macygma

Karen Neito was, until about age 8, a totally feral child. Oh, she lived in the house along with her mother and the cook; but Mom wasn't entirely stable so, Karen took care of herself. Until her aunt found her one day after Karen's mother had driven off a cliff. The first word she learned was "ME...