The story is narrated by , an eight-year-old boy currently living in a residential treatment center (a psychiatric ward for children). Through Burt’s innocent and often humorous perspective, we learn about "The Event"—the reason he was sent there.
Burt is a sensitive, imaginative child who falls in "love" with a classmate named Jessica. In an attempt to show her how much he cares in his own naive way, he performs an act that adults interpret as a serious crime, leading to his institutionalization. Cuando yo tenГa cinco aГ±os, me matГ© - Buten, Ho...
The reader is positioned to side with Burt, seeing his kindness and vulnerability, while the adults around him see only a "disturbed" patient. The Author The story is narrated by , an eight-year-old