Suburban Library Cooperative's
One Book, One Community 2005

  


Narrated by a 15-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.

Book Awards:

2003  Booker Prize nominee (Longlist)
2003  British Book Award for Book of the Year nominee
2003  British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year winner
2003  British Book Award - Literary Fiction Award winner
2003  British Book Award for Audiobook of the Year nominee
2004  Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book winner
2004  Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book
          -- regional winner (Eurasia)
2003  Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature nominee