Tornado Brain

 by Cat Patrick

Genre:  Realistic Fiction


Life isn't easy for 13 year old Frankie.  Her official diagnosis is neuro-divergent, but Frankie just wants to be a regular kid.  Her brain goes nonstop so it is often hard for her to pay attention to things that aren't really of interest to her.  Making friends is hard too, so when Frankie's best friend, Collette, suddenly wants to hang around other people, Frankie doesn't know what to do, especially when the person Collette wants to hang around with is Frankie's twin sister, Tess.  When Collette disappears, Frankie and Tess will have to put aside their differences and work together to help solve the mystery of what happened to their friend.




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