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Title:Unlocked
Author:Karen Kingsbury
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Deluxe Edition
Pages:Pages: 323 pages
Published:September 28th 2010 by Zondervan (first published 2009)
Categories:Christian Fiction. Christian. Fiction
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Before you take a stand … you got to take a chance.

Holden Harris is an eighteen-year-old locked in a prison of autism. Despite his quiet ways and quirky behaviors, Holden is very happy and socially normal—on the inside, in a private world all his own. In reality, he is bullied at school by kids who only see that he is very different. Ella Reynolds is part of the “in” crowd. A cheerleader and star of the high school drama production, her life seems perfect. When she catches Holden listening to her rehearse for the school play, she is drawn to him … the way he is drawn to the music. Then, Ella makes a dramatic discovery—she and Holden were best friends as children. Frustrated by the way Holden is bullied, and horrified at the indifference of her peers, Ella decides to take a stand against the most privileged and popular kids at school. Including her boyfriend, Jake. Ella believes miracles can happen in the unlikeliest places, and that just maybe an entire community might celebrate from the sidelines. But will Holden’s praying mother and the efforts of Ella and a cast of theater kids be enough to unlock the prison that contains Holden? This time, friendship, faith, and the power of a song must be strong enough to open the doors to the miracle Holden needs.

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Original Title: Unlocked
ISBN: 0310266955 (ISBN13: 9780310266952)
Edition Language: English

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This is Karen Kingsbury's best book. In this book, Karen delves into the world of autism. Instead of focusing on the debate on whether or not autism is a result of too many vaccinations (although Holden's mom believes that is the cause of Holden's withdrawal), she focuses on the family and relationship dynamics that are affected by autism. Holden, the protagonist, is locked inside of himself. Through his thoughts, the reader gets a glimpse of the struggle between what he feels and what he can

I am almost afraid to comment, I am obviously in the minority here. I'm a Christian, I pray, I truly and deeply believe in miracles but this book was just to cheesy much for me. A friend at work recommended it, knowing of our autistic son and wondering what I would think. I actually found the first bit, where Holden's mom is at work, comparing her life to the lady in the check out line, pretty spot on. And she is an awesome mother, doing her level best to fight the good autism fight. And

So, just after reading chapter one, I already have a prejudice against this book. I really feel for people who have autistic children, but WHY do they insist on blaming it on vaccinations?? There is NO PROOF that vaccinations cause autism. In fact, they've proven that there is NO LINK between vaccinations and autism. It just makes me mad when parents of autistic children want there to be some outside reason for their child being the way they are. Why can't they just accept that this is who God

I am almost afraid to comment, I am obviously in the minority here. I'm a Christian, I pray, I truly and deeply believe in miracles but this book was just to cheesy much for me. A friend at work recommended it, knowing of our autistic son and wondering what I would think. I actually found the first bit, where Holden's mom is at work, comparing her life to the lady in the check out line, pretty spot on. And she is an awesome mother, doing her level best to fight the good autism fight. And

So if one will pray hard enough, the sick will be healed, marriages will be healed, and all goes "normal". As the auntie of a young man with autism, I thought the book was unkind to those remarkable caregivers who do pray, and worry and cry and yet their child is not healed. Don't get me wrong here. It is good to believe in miracles, they happen every day, butsometimes the biggest miracle comes in a package that is not neatly wrapped up in a bow like the end of this book. Sometimes the miracle

I love this book. Maybe it's my perspective, but as a mother of two children on the autism spectrum and a woman of faith, I think it's absolutely a must-read. I found myself treading lightly through the first half, saddened by the first chapters and the pangs of hurt I feel myself when those who don't know my children underestimate them or worse---make fun of them and see no potential for relationship when they look at them. I stood in the hallway with Holden Harris...soaking it up...praying

I really had to write a review on this, as someone on the spectrum, I found this book to be repetitively condescending, riddled with factual inaccuracies, and demeaning to those of us on the spectrum.While there are many faith affirming experiences described here, remember that it IS a work of fiction. The characters are not real, these things did not actually happen.The constant alluding to the cause of the autism as a vaccine is a dangerous and false statement, and undermines the whole story.