This book takes you on a journey with Sean and his mother through China's many rural areas, seeing temples and majestic mountains... The life lessons are also intertwined in the journey. I saw a rebellious boy, like many teenagers. I saw the "generation gap" between a mother and her son. I saw amazing love of a mother trying to teach a son to be able to live a "normal" person life. The Asperger syndrome is not obvious in this book, especially if someone doesn't really know what the syndrome actually entails, but I can see some of the places where Sean is definitely different from "normal" kid. I think Sean's achievement is nothing short of a miracle. A normal kid might not be able to write a book but a kid with Asperger's syndrome, this is even more unthinkable. This book is a great read to understand the kind of unconditional love parents have for their children. The length they will go to ensure their child can live a normal life and be self-sufficient in life.
Loved reading all the stories about the temples and about Master Hui-Nen. Loved reading about the lives of normal Chinese and Chinese culture. This book has a lot of different interesting perspectives from an American Born Chinese kid's point of view. Thank you Sean for writing this book. I think this is a good book if you are interested in traveling in China as well, However, I think this book is also a must read for parents that have children with disability... believe in the children (instead of what the school or the doctor say about their limitations) and teach them life skills so they can live a happy life.
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