Finished House Rules by Jodi Picoult.
It's about Jacob (18-year-old with Asperger's), who lives with his mom (Emma, who writes an advice column) and 15-year-old brother (Theo, who isn't very happy at getting no attention whatsoever, due to having older brother with Asperger's). Jacob's accused of murder, and it's hard to come up with a defense for him, because a lot of the personality traits that people with Asperger's have (failure to make eye contact, for example) are very similar to things that, say, people guilty of murder would also exhibit.
So the problem is, how do you defend someone who is looking incredibly guilty?
It took me a little while to get into this book, but once I finally did, I couldn't put it down.
Definitely worth the read, although if you don't like Jodi Picoult already*, this may not be the book to change your mind.
* = By which I mean, if you actively dislike her books. I don't know if I'd recommend this as a first book of hers to read, either (19 Minutes, maybe? My Sister's Keeper? Plain Truth?)
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