The Kid with the Kaleidoscope Brain

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Birthday Party
2. Chapter Two - Milo Sees the Sky Differently
3. Chapter Three - Flapping is Flying
4. Chapter Four - Too Much Noise
5. Chapter Five - The Teacher Who Waited
6. Chapter Six - Patterns in the Carpet
7. Chapter Seven - Why Hugs Are Hard
8. Chapter Eight - The Friend Who Stayed
9. Chapter Nine - The Day the Colors Froze
10. Chapter Ten - The Word Puzzle
11. Chapter Eleven - Kaleidoscope. Not Broken.
12. Chapter Twelve - He Was Always Magic
13. Epilogue

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Birthday Party MILO STOOD AT the edge of the backyard, his fingers tight around the string of a balloon. The party was loud. Too loud. Kids ran across the grass like fireworks—screaming, laughing, bursting with sugar. A speaker thumped music in the corner. The cake smelled like frosting and food coloring and someone’s shampoo. Milo's brain spun. The sounds got jumbled. The colors got too big. Someone shouted his name. He didn’t move. “Milo! Come on! We’re gonna play tag!” But tag meant running. And yelling. And people touching him when he wasn’t ready. That was too many things all at once. So Milo let go of the balloon. It floated up—soft and slow and quiet. He watched it...