Census

"A widower learns he doesn’t have long to live. But he wants to show some of the world to his son, who has Down syndrome. So he signs up as a census taker (for a dystopian government in an unnamed land), and they head north. As they get closer to the edge of civilization, the father has to learn how to say goodbye to his son and consider the world he will be leaving behind. Jesse Ball wrote Census in honor of his late brother, who had Down syndrome, in order to help people “see what it is like to know and love a Down syndrome boy or girl.” Through his spare yet beautiful writing, Ball does just that."