"Wild Orchid" by Beverley Brenna follows the journey of 16-year-old Prairie, a girl grappling with the complexities of her identity and the realities of living with autism. After making a connection with a feral orchid, she embarks on a quest of self-discovery and personal growth. The story explores her challenges and triumphs as she navigates relationships, family dynamics, and her passion for nature. With the support of her friends and her determination to understand herself, Prairie learns to embrace her uniqueness, finding beauty and strength in her individuality, much like the wild orchids she admires. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 8th grade-12th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-17 years.

There are 156 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2006 by Turtleback Books .

Bev Brenna is the author of several previous novels for Red Deer, most recently Waiting for No One which has received accolades as the follow-up to Wild Orchid. Beverly Brenna lives in Saskatoon.