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Bat and the Waiting Game

Written by: Elana K. Arnold
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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In the tradition of Clementine and Ramona Quimby, meet Bat. Author Elana K. Arnold returns with another irresistible story of friendship in this widely acclaimed series starring an unforgettable boy on the autism spectrum.

For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life is pretty great. He’s the caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world - even Janie, his older sister, is warming up to Thor. When Janie gets a part in the school play and can’t watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes. Someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons, Janie is having sleepovers with her new friends, and Bat wants everything to go back to normal.

He just has to make it to the night of Janie’s performance....

©2018 Elana K. Arnold (P)2020 Walden Pond Press Family Life Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Social & Life Skills Friendship Special Need
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While listening to this, my eight-year-old asked me, “Daddy, what is the point of this story? I mean I know it’s about Bat, but what is the point?” It was a question I couldn’t really answer. Most of the story is just following Bat through his life. The story’s main conflict isn’t introduced until the final couple of chapters and is very quickly resolved. This was a bit of a let down after listening to book one of the trilogy.

As I wrote before, Patrick Lawlor is a decent narrator, but he just sounds too old to be voicing a boy.

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