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''Like No Other Boy'' is a 2020 novel by Larry Center. It follows Chris Crutcher and his eight-year-old autistic son Tommy, who has an uncanny ability to communicate with chimpanzees.
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''Like No Other Boy'' is a 2020 novel by Larry
It follows Chris Crutcher and his eight-year-old autistic son Tommy, who has an uncanny ability to communicate with chimpanzees.
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* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:Two years later, Chris, Rachel, and Tommy are spending the summer in the Gombe Jungle.]]
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* TantrumThrowing: Tommy is inconsolable over [[spoiler:Cheryl and Wade's plans to move him to a new school in Texas, away from Chris and the chimps]], and starts throwing things before having a seizure.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Tommy's stepdad Wade stops shaving while he's in intensive care after being badly injured during a seizure.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Tommy's visual thinking style and difficulty with language comprehension give him the ability to empathize with chimpanzees.
* GoodOldWays: The primatologist Rachel Simmons fondly remembers her time in the Gombe Jungle, immersed in nature without modern conveniences, when she discovered a new kind of clarity that felt like going from living in black and white to living in color.
* GoodOldWays: The primatologist Rachel Simmons fondly remembers her time in the Gombe Jungle, immersed in nature without modern conveniences, when she discovered a new kind of clarity that felt like going from living in black and white to living in color.
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* HandshakeRefusal: The primatologist Dr. Simmons reaches for Tommy's hand, but he jerks away and stuffs both hands into his mouth.
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* HandshakeRefusal: The primatologist Dr. Simmons Rachel reaches for Tommy's hand, but he jerks away and stuffs both hands into his mouth.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Chris's father is such a grouch that he and Cheryl joke about him getting a job as the anti-greeter at Wal-Mart, where he'd yell, "Get the hell outta here. Just go home! All sales are cancelled!"
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* SecurityBlanket: Tommy's favorite Beanie Baby, Radar the bat, which he carries everywhere.
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* SecurityBlanket: Tommy's favorite Beanie Baby, Radar the bat, which he carries everywhere. After his connection with chimps is discovered, he gets another toy, [[ADogNamedDog Monkey the monkey]].
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* IWantMyMommy: Tommy calls for his mother in between seizures.
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* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: The main reason for the Crutchers' divorce was that Cheryl was obsessed with bending Tommy towards normalcy by any means necessary, while Chris thought that was obviously impossible.
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* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: The main reason for the Crutchers' divorce was that Cheryl was obsessed with bending Tommy towards normalcy by any means necessary, while Chris thought that was obviously impossible.to the point of trying to interfere with his chimp therapy because she disapproves of anything resembling an obsession.
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* AbusiveParents: Obo the chimp was rejected by his mother, who bit and abused him and would have killed him if he hadn't been removed from her. By the time he arrived at the Weller Institute, he was traumatized and withdrawn.
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* HandSignals: Tommy has been taught a number of signs so he can still communicate when he loses speech. He uses them to talk to the chimps at the Weller Institute, who are part of a study on sign language in chimps.
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* HandshakeRefusal: The primatologist Dr. Simmons reaches for Tommy's hand, but he jerks away and stuffs both hands into his mouth.
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* CharacterTics: Tommy makes motorboat sounds. He also chews on his knuckles until they're bloody, despite Chris's efforts to discourage him.
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* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: The main reason for the Crutchers' divorce was that Cheryl was obsessed with bending Tommy towards normalcy by any means necessary, while Chris thought that was obviously impossible.
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* HatesBeingTouched: Tommy lets Chris brush his hair, but otherwise hardly lets him touch him at all.
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* CharacterTics: Tommy makes motorboat sounds.
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''Like No Other Boy'' is a 2020 novel by Larry Center. It follows Chris Crutcher and his eight-year-old autistic son Tommy, who has an uncanny ability to communicate with chimpanzees.
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!!''Like No Other Boy'' contains examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Chris Crutcher likes his name for this reason.
* PickyEater: All Tommy's food has to be cut into geometric shapes.
* SecurityBlanket: Tommy's favorite Beanie Baby, Radar the bat, which he carries everywhere.
* SensoryOverload: Tommy seems barely affected by big things like his parents' divorce, but he finds unexpected sensory input excruciatingly painful.
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!!''Like No Other Boy'' contains examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Chris Crutcher likes his name for this reason.
* PickyEater: All Tommy's food has to be cut into geometric shapes.
* SecurityBlanket: Tommy's favorite Beanie Baby, Radar the bat, which he carries everywhere.
* SensoryOverload: Tommy seems barely affected by big things like his parents' divorce, but he finds unexpected sensory input excruciatingly painful.
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