Worlds Apart

Graceful and serenely egoless, a nonverbal 9-year-old girl in U. City floats in and out of what the rest of us call reality. In Kirkwood, a 10-year-old boy with a formidable mind and flash-fire temper manipulates video games for hours on end. Both kids have a form of autism. And the mystery's growing.

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