Circle of Friends: Anything But Typical

by Nora Raleigh Baskin

A twelve-year-old boy with autism strikes up an online friendship but worries about meeting his new friend in person.

4 lists 80 words 1586 learners

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

Chapters 1–5

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- spectrum
- nonverbal
- pervasive
- distracted
- unbearable
- repulse
- supernatural
- literary
- validate
- assumption
- confluence
- abstract
- interpret
- wayward
- chromosome
- mutate
- gene
- hormone
- fontanelle
- byte
Chapters 6–12

Jump to activity:
- genre
- adjudicate
- smother
- stencil
- apparently
- resonance
- phoneme
- diphthong
- schwa
- aptitude
- allotment
- mode
- disruptive
- regurgitate
- persist
- unreliable
- override
- careen
- proportional
- phoenix
Chapters 13–22

Jump to activity:
- staggering
- configuration
- frayed
- metaphorical
- accommodate
- treacherous
- cliffhanger
- symbolism
- postscript
- gratification
- probation
- dilemma
- grapple
- conflict
- impressed
- bombard
- two-dimensional
- hygiene
- desperation
- suspended
Chapters 23–32

Jump to activity:
- irony
- virtually
- malfunction
- suffocate
- serendipity
- coincidence
- ricochet
- translucent
- placate
- thermostat
- anticipate
- overwhelm
- justify
- ravine
- kin
- dugout
- mezzanine
- drone
- revise
- pun