Kiara has AspergerтАЩs syndrome, and itтАЩs hard for her to make friends. So whenever her world doesnтАЩt make senseтАФwhich is oftenтАФshe relies on Mr. Internet for answers. But there are some questions he canтАЩt answer, like why she always gets into trouble, and how do kids with AspergerтАЩs syndrome make friends? Kiara has a difficult time with other kids. They taunt her and she fights back. Now sheтАЩs been kicked out of school. She wishes she could be like her hero RogueтАФa misunderstood X-Men mutant who used to hurt anyone she touched until she learned how to control her special power.
When Chad moves in across the street, Kiara hopes that, for once, sheтАЩll be able to make friendship stick. When she learns his secret, sheтАЩs so determined to keep Chad as a friend that she agrees not to tell. But being a true friend is more complicated than Mr. Internet could ever explain, and it might be just the thing that leads Kiara to find her own special power.
In Rogue, author Lyn Miller-Lachmann celebrates everyoneтАЩs ability to discover and use whatever it is that makes them different.