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Talk show host Holly Robinson Peete pairs with her twins in this narrative about the challenges and triumphs of being a teen who has autism and the effects on family, school, friends, and life.Being a teen is hard enough. But when you have autism--or when your sibling is struggling with the condition--life can be a topsy-turvy ride. What happens when you come face-to-face with dating, parties, sports, body changes, school, and kids who just don't get you? Where do you turn when your sibling with autism is the butt of jokes, the victim of misunderstood social cues, and the one everyone thinks is weird?Through alternating narratives based on their own lives, Ryan Elizabeth Peete and her twin brother, RJ, who has autism, bravely and honestly reveal what it means to be a teen living with the disorder. With insight and humor, Same But Different explores the many aspects of teen autism, while daring to address issues and feelings nobody talks about. This powerfully rendered, timely book is the only one of its kind. It paints an important story of hope for teens and families living with autism-and lets us see that everybody's unique rhythm is worth dancing to.
Author Notes
RJ Peete wrote this book with his mother, Holly Robinson Peete, to help share awareness about autism with other children who have been touched by it in some way. RJ and his twin sister, Ryan, travel with their mom, speaking to children, families, and educators about their experiences growing up together. The Peetes live in Beverly Hills, California.
Ryan Elizabeth Peete and Rodney Peete , teenage twins, wrote this book with their mother Holly Robinson Peete to help share awareness about autism with other children who have been touched by it in some way. Ryan and Rodney travel with their mom speaking to teens about their experiences growing up together. The Peetes live in Beverly Hills, California.
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The Peetes (My Brother Charlie) revisit the topic of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), this time in a novel featuring fictionalized versions of twin teenagers Ryan Elizabeth and RJ Peete, coauthors with their mother. Fifteen-year-old Callie loves her brother Charlie, yet after years of constant supervision, "Team Charlie" meetings, and explanations to teachers, she is eager to escape the "The Charlie Show" when she begins 10th grade while Charlie repeats ninth. Though Charlie is similarly happy to be away from his sister, he needs her love and attention as he navigates a world of mean-spirited friends and dating mishaps, as well as the loss of a favorite pet. The Peetes excel in representing the multiple adjustments needed to accommodate ASD, from the cacophony of sounds, smells, and colors that agitate Charlie to the way a simple dinner must be arranged to avoid an outburst. Told in the alternating voices of Charlie and Callie, the short vignettes are rife with saccharine motivational sayings ("Even though I have autism, autism doesn't have me"), which detract from an otherwise thoughtful presentation of autism's impact on a family. Ages 12-up. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Sometimes it takes a family to tell a story. This is the case in this new book from twins Ryan and R.J. Peete, whose mother, actor Holly Robinson Peete, bookends their tales of how autism affects the personal and familial lives of teenagers. The twins reintroduce the characters of Charlie and Callie, the fictional alter egos the Peetes introduced in the picture book My Brother Charlie, illustrated by Shane W. Evans (2010), now 15. Readers see how Charlie navigates not only repeating ninth grade, particularly having to stay in special ed while Callie advances to 10th grade, but the treacheries of making "so-called friends" who try to take advantage of him, as well as puberty and dating. Callie also negotiates puberty as well as the guilt, rage, and exhaustion knotted in the "why me?" of being "the normal twin." Charlie and Callie narrate in alternating first-person, present-tense chapters that effectively convey their disparate perspectives, even on such shared events as the death of Charlie's dog, Toby. Readers will also appreciate that Robinson Peete addresses the very real concern of how autism might affect Charlie/R.J. as a young African-American man whose behavior could be easilyand lethallymisinterpreted by others, as has happened to people of color with disabilities. Ultimately, what readers take away from this solid book is the abiding sense of love that bonds and binds the twins to each other as they tell their multifaceted truths about living with this little-understood condition. (resources) (Fiction. 12-16) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Ordinary events like the first day of school, homework, trips to the mall, or movie night can be trying for any family, but when one member (Charlie) has autism, anxiety levels can reach nuanced, unexpected heights. This novel relates these daily occurrences from the perspective of the Peete twins, Callie and Charlie, bringing readers into their lives with acute immediacy. The anecdotes are based on the true-life experiences of the coauthors and are at once gentle and terse, enabling readers to relate and empathize but never pity. Charlie's voice has weight in the story, but Callie's has an edge. It is easy to appreciate her frustration at how everything, down to gluten-free meals, must revolve around her brother's needs, even while her concern for him is deep and constant. Beneath the casual tone of some of the narratives are layers of complexity that speak to the many ways in which people with autism are the same and different from people without it.--Chaudhri, Amina Copyright 2016 Booklist
