Description

Alan is a teenager with Aspergers. Living in multicultural London, he has experienced poverty, deprivation and bullying all his life. Trees offer him comfort. They beckon to him, represent his spirit guides and talk to him.This affinity with trees saves and comforts him. In this heartwarming novel, Alan goes on a coming of age journey to find his place in the world and along the way, learns about his neurodiversity as well as strategies to cope and self manage. He becomes a 'collector of kind souls.'