Back at home, Theo reassures Robin that it isn't true. Jayden had angered Robin when he relayed his parents' speculation that perhaps Alyssa's car accident was caused by her trying to hurt herself. On the drive back from their trip, they listen to an audiobook of Flowers for Algernon.īack at school, Robin has an incident at school where he hits his best friend, Jayden, in the face with a metal thermos. Robin is very happy on their camping trip. Robin has always had some behavioral issues (and has been diagnosed with Asperger's, ADHD, various syndromes, etc.) but it's gotten worse since Alyssa's death. Robin is passionate about animal rights, astronomy and nature. His wife Alyssa, who was a lawyer and animal rights activist, passed away two years ago in a car accident (and their dog Chester died a few months after that). Theo is an astrobiologist who is interested in life on other planets.
The book opens with Theo Byrne on a trip in the Smokies with his 9-year-old son Robin. The book ends with Theo and Robin on a trip where Robin gets injured and dies.
However, the treatment gets put on pause by the government when it gets caught up in political/cultural wars. The treatment is successful, especially once Robin starts mirroring a brain scan from his mother. Theo starts Robin on an experimental treatment called Decoded Neurofeedback, getting him to try to mirror brain patterns of other people to try to learn to control his emotions. One-paragraph version: Theo is an astrobiologist who is raising his 9-year-old son Robin (who has been diagnosed with Asperger's, ADHD, etc.) who has been having behavioral issues since Theo's wife's death.
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