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Are You Alone on Purpose? by Nancy Werlin
4.0
Alison Shandling is a good girl who is sure that her parents only love her because she is so different from her twin brother, Adam, who is autistic. The family spends so much time and energy dealing with his needs that they have little time left for Alison.
Harry Roth, on the other hand, has become an obnoxious bully as a way to cope with his mother's death and the fact that his rabbi father refuses to talk about Harry's mother.
When Rabbi Roth refuses to admit Adam to his religious school, Alison's mother becmes furious and tells Rabbi Roth that she wishes he could understand what it is like to have a handicapped child. Soon after, Harry is paralyzed in a diving accident and Rabbi Roth assumes that the accident happened because God wanted to teach him a lesson. Rabbi Roth responds by spending more time with Adam, which results in Alison and Harry also spending more time together.
Harry Roth, on the other hand, has become an obnoxious bully as a way to cope with his mother's death and the fact that his rabbi father refuses to talk about Harry's mother.
When Rabbi Roth refuses to admit Adam to his religious school, Alison's mother becmes furious and tells Rabbi Roth that she wishes he could understand what it is like to have a handicapped child. Soon after, Harry is paralyzed in a diving accident and Rabbi Roth assumes that the accident happened because God wanted to teach him a lesson. Rabbi Roth responds by spending more time with Adam, which results in Alison and Harry also spending more time together.