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Regardless of age -- a good read! "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" is the first novel for well-known author of children's book and television screenplays, Mark Haddon. The title is not the only usual thing about this novel. The plot involves a young boy named Christopher Boone who knows all of the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although it is never actually stated in the book it quickly becomes apparent that Christopher is autistic. The basic plot of the book is Christopher is trying to solve the mystery of the death of a neighbors dog. The problem is that no one wants Christopher to do this, expect for his teacher's aide Siobhan who supports his idea to write a novel about the mystery. As Christopher ignores his father orders to forget about trying to find out who killed the dog Christopher makes several discoveries that completely changes his life. Christopher makes a new discovery about his mother's death. Through the story Christopher pushes several of his own limits and fears in order to solve the mystery. Such as taking the train all the way to London and trusting strangers. The one problem I had with this book was I am unsure what age group this book was intended for. It is quite simple and a very quick read what makes me think that it may be intended for teens. Of course if it wasn't simple then it wouldn't seem like the story told by an autistic boy. I also thought that pictures that Christopher uses to help describe what he is saying help the reader to identify just how he thinks. The pictures also add the confusion for me as to who this book is intended. You be the judge. I did really enjoyed this book regardless of who it is meant for; I know of many people who would enjoy it regardless of age. Another recent Amazon purchase I enjoyed was "The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Editon" by Richard Perez. Short, emotionally packed and sweet.