Key learning points

1. 'A Kind of Spark' is a novel set in Scotland and written by Elle McNicoll, who is autistic herself.
2. Addie, the main protagonist, is autistic, but this does not define her exclusively.
3. The book is written in the first person from Addie's perspective.
4. When we read, we make inferences about characters based on evidence in the text.
5. At the start of the book, Addie has a close relationship with her sister Keedie - but not with her sister Nina.

Keywords

• First person - the point of view where the narrator of the story is the ‘I’ character, providing a personal account of events or experiences

• Evidence - the information from a text that can support or justify our reasoning

• Inference - a conclusion drawn from information and evidence in a text.

Common misconception