Smart book kim slater6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() When Kieron's mother goes to work, his lazy, abusive stepdad Tony threatens and bullies Kieron, and often beats him and his mother. What makes him most remarkable though is his warmth and his impeccable conscience is in spite of being severely mistreated at home. He's different from everybody else but he's obviously an intelligent and incredibly thoughtful boy. It's obvious he struggles socially- he doesn't fit in at school, he's called names, he never knows what he should and shouldn't say, he has his own teaching assistant at school and suffers from anxiety blackouts when he gets stressed. The reader understands him perfectly, and though he doesn't speak much to other characters, he describes his thoughts and impressions and fears to the reader beautifully. His narration is straightforward and honest, and in a lot of places thoroughly funny. ![]() Kieron quickly emerges as quite a remarkable boy. ![]() When the police dismiss the case as a probably drunken but tragic nonetheless accident, Kieran sets about using his unusual skills an uncanny drawing knack, an unusually honed sense of observation and a kindhearted determination to solve the case and punish the person responsible. Smart is a charming and heartwarming book that begins with Kieran, amateur detective and CSI expert sitting on a bench beside the Trent comforting his friend Jean, a homeless woman who has just discovered the body of her friend Colin in the river. ![]()
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