This week's book:
A Kind of Spark
by Elle McNicoll
I originally picked this book as a reading prompt for one of my online book groups. The prompt was "a book that title's starts with the letter K". The funny thing was that this novel actually would have worked for three prompts, starts with K, has a set of twins and has a character that is neurodivergent.
This novel is about a girl who lives in Scotland with her twin sisters and parents. Our main character is autistic and it follows the struggles she has at school with her teacher. Our heroine learns that in the town's past, they had burn some women that had been accused of being witches. This moment in history really strikes our main character as major tragedy. These women in history had been different and misunderstood, just like she is. She feels like if she had been around at the time of the witch burning, that she herself would have been killed as well. The girl decides that she will raise the funds for some sort of memorial for the women who were killed.
The book is a Young Adult novel, but it really pulls you into the story. The author did a amazing job of really bringing you into the main character's mind and struggles. I would highly recommend this book.
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