對 Leo 來說,這個世界太亮、太吵,也太難理解了。他總覺得自己好像來自不同的星球,和身邊的人格格不入。在學校裡,Leo 很難理解同學,而同學似乎也不懂他。直到有一天,他遇見了一隻名叫 Maya 的章魚。隨著對 Maya 的了解越來越深,Leo 漸漸發現:原來這世界上,並不只有自己是如此與眾不同。這是一本溫柔動人的故事,以細膩角度描寫自閉症孩子的感受與內心世界,陪伴孩子學習理解差異、接納自己,也感受被理解的溫暖。
The world was too bright for Leo.
And too loud.
"I must be living on the wrong planet," Leo thought.
Leo struggles to make sense of the world. He doesn't understand the other children in his class, and they don't seem to understand him. But then one day, Leo meets Maya.
Maya is an octopus, and the more Leo learns about her, the more he thinks that perhaps he isn't alone in this world, after all.
"The sensitive descriptions throughout the book of what it is like to have autism are accurate and perceptive on so many levels" (Professor Tony Attwood, author of Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals).



