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The October Child

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12 feature instances
12 referencing feature instances

The October Child	type	TVTItem
The October Child	label	The October Child
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The October Child	comment	The October Child is a 1976 children's book written by Eleanor Spence and illustrated by Malcolm Green. It follows the first four years of the autistic child Carl Mariner's life and the effects that he has on his parents, Robert and Beth, and his older siblings, Kenneth, Douglas, and Adrienne.
The October Child	fetched	2024-02-16T15:31:58Z
The October Child	parsed	2024-02-16T15:31:58Z
The October Child	isPartOf	DBTropes
The October Child / int_22a59b45	type	Self-Harm
The October Child / int_22a59b45	comment	Self-Harm: When Carl is really upset, he sometimes smashes his head into things or chews on his fingers.
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The October Child / int_3fa4ef91	type	Baby's First Words
The October Child / int_3fa4ef91	comment	Baby's First Words: Beth is relieved when Carl says his first word, 'Ma-ma,' at fifteen months. But by the time he's almost four, he still only knows a handful of words.
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The October Child / int_43dc74d0	type	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
The October Child / int_43dc74d0	comment	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Kenneth is confident, outgoing, and athletic. Douglas, who's two years younger, is shy and somewhat nervous and prefers reading and listening to music to any physical activity.
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The October Child / int_5ae63861	type	Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films
The October Child / int_5ae63861	comment	Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films: Beth bans eight-year-old Adrienne from watching horror films after she starts thinking that the flying foxes are vampire bats. She keeps watching them in secret, though.
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The October Child / int_63cad64b	type	Threatening Shark
The October Child / int_63cad64b	comment	Threatening Shark: One day when Carl is a baby, Kenneth and Douglas go swimming together. Then Kenneth feels a shark brush against him. The brothers swim to shore as quickly as possible.
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The October Child / int_8a0e5cdb	type	Commune
The October Child / int_8a0e5cdb	comment	Commune: An abandoned building in the Mariners' new neighborhood is inhabited by a hippie commune whose members are all Christians and offer aid to anyone who needs it. Kenneth falls in with them and eventually decides to join the commune and change his name to Brother Benedict. When they get kicked out of their home, Kenneth abandons his original plan to move back to Chapel Rocks, instead moving north into the countryside with the other members.
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The October Child / int_a6ff7243	type	Hates Being Touched
The October Child / int_a6ff7243	comment	Hates Being Touched: Even as a baby, Carl stiffens when he's picked up. As he grows larger, he sometimes tolerates touch but sometimes resists violently.
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The October Child / int_c49935fa	type	20 Minutes into the Past
The October Child / int_c49935fa	comment	20 Minutes into the Past: When Carl is three, Adrienne asks Douglas to take her to a movie that from her description sounds like The Poseidon Adventure. That movie was released in Australia in 1973, which means that Carl was probably born in 1969.
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The October Child / int_cd592f15	type	Big Town Boredom
The October Child / int_cd592f15	comment	Big Town Boredom: The Mariners originally live in the small seaside village of Chapel Rocks. When they move to Sydney, Kenneth hates being trapped in a city and misses surfing and dirt biking at home.
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The October Child / int_d75b5f08	type	Moving Angst
The October Child / int_d75b5f08	comment	Moving Angst: A few months after Carl turns three, the Mariners move to Sydney so he can attend a special school. Douglas and Adrienne both accept the idea, especially since Douglas wants to attend the Music College in Sydney, but Kenneth, who is fifteen at the time, is furious at having to move. He counts the days until he turns sixteen, when he can drop out of school and go back to Chapel Rocks.
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The October Child / int_d8a93874	type	Making Room for Baby
The October Child / int_d8a93874	comment	Making Room for Baby: Before Carl is born, the Mariners build a new addition onto their house for him.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The October Child	hasFeature	Autism in Media / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Baby's First Words / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Big Town Boredom / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Character Title / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Children's Literature / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Commune / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Hates Being Touched / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Kids Shouldn't Watch Horror Films / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Moving Angst / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Science Marches On / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	Threatening Shark / int_130de380
The October Child	hasFeature	20 Minutes into the Past / int_130de380

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