The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
Middle grade · age 10+ · grade 5+ · 800L · 247 pages · 2005
Why we'd hand it over
A genuinely innovative narrator study that respects neurodivergent cognition without sentimentalizing it; the mystery lands, but some 10-year-olds will find the family turmoil and math-heavy passages slower than intended.