Michaela,

     I can certainly understand why you say empathizing with Christopher did
   not come too easily.  But I'm glad that you feel you have come to understand
   Christopher to some extent, because crossing that border of empathy is one 
   of the things we hoped everyone would experience in reading this book.  
   The additional example added a lot to the overall impact of what you 
   are saying.  
  

   Specific comments:

   (1) First paragraph:  For "the areas that Christopher excels" you probably 
       want "the areas in which Christopher excels".  He's not excelling the 
       areas -- I'm not even sure what that would mean(!)  There's a parallel
       place in your final paragraph where I have the same comment.  

   (2) The second paragraph is somewhat repetitive now.  You say that Christopher
       hates new people and new places several times in very similar ways. It gets
       to be too much after a while.  Here's one way to address that: In the first
       sentence, I think you could say just "... detests the train station because 
       he hates places and people he does not know everything about."  Then in
       your sentence after the quotation, you could refer to this idea without
       spelling it all out again -- something like:  "Because Christopher explains
       to readers how he feels in these situations, readers can catch a glimpse
       of what it is like ... "

   (3) In the final paragraph:  The sentence "But, after reading this novel, 
       it is clear that although Christopher has some minor challenges with 
       social interactions, finding his emotions, and listening,the areas 
       that Christopher excels"  seems to be missing something.   Did you 
       mean to say that "the areas in which Christopher excels partly make
       up for those challenges"?  Or did something get pasted in here by 
       mistake?  Also, I think "minor" is probably an understatement.  Think 
       of the behavior in the clothes store you described before.  That seems 
       to present more than a "minor" challenge to Christopher's being able
       to fit into society. 

   (4) The next sentence:   "In conclusion, Christopher transcends the border 
       between a mental disability and a physiologically normal person" doesn't
       quite make sense because "a mental disability" and "a physiologically
       normal person" are in two completely different categories.  I also
       have the feeling autocomplete might have done you a disservice here -- 
       did you mean "psychologically" instead of "physiologically"?  A
       physiologically normal person would be one all of whose bodily 
       functions (like digestion, muscular function, etc.) are normal.  
       That's much more general. 

   (5) Final sentence:  I don't think you need the "a mental disability such as"

   Content: 92 (A-)

   Mechanics: 88 (B+)