Cammie McGovern
Eye Contact A parent’s worst nightmare becomes a crusade for justice in Cammie McGovern’s dynamite second novel (after 2002’s The Art of Seeing), set in an unspecified middle-class suburban community.
Shortly after Adam, a nine-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder, and his friend Amelia, a 10-year-old diagnosed with PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified), disappear during recess from Greenwood elementary school, a traumatized Adam turns up next to Amelia’s body in the nearby woods.
Cara, Adam’s 30-year-old single mom, helps the police unlock the clues in Adam’s mind to try to identify Amelia’s killer.
