Twelve year-old Basil knows he\'s special--he\'s been associating numbers with colors since he was a kid.
She lives in upstate New York with her family..
About the Author: MJ Auch is the award-winning author of One-Handed Catch, Ashes of Roses, Wing Nut, Guitar Boy, and numerous other books for young readers.
Once again, MJ Auch has written a thoughtful coming-of-age novel that explores friendship, family, and fitting in, in One Plus One Equals Blue. and Tenzie may be the only person to help him put it back together again. . .
At first, Basil is somewhat annoyed with Tenzie\'s pushiness, but after Basil\'s estranged mother returns, his life is turned upside down .
She, too, has synesthesia (a condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another).
His gift (or curse) has turned him into somewhat of a loner, but his world begins to change when he meets Tenzie, the new girl in school who has similar freakisms.
Twelve year-old Basil knows he\'s special--he\'s been associating numbers with colors since he was a kid
