Dara McAnulty is a teenage naturalist from Northern Ireland. He has autism; so do his brother, sister and mother — his father, a conservation scientist, is the odd one out. This book records a year in the life of a gifted boy in an unusual family. Minutely detailed observations of birds, insects, trees and weather are woven into an ecstatic description of the unrolling of the seasons.
Charlotte Moore
Ireland through the eyes of a brilliant teenage naturalist
Whether describing the seabirds of Rathlin Island or a forest park in Co. Down, Dara McAnulty’s autistic intensity is extraordinary

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