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Rules

Cynthia Lord

2006191 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2006
first published
  • 2006Scholastic Press · 200 pages · ENGISBN 9780439443821
  • 2007yer face
  • 2007Thorndike Press · 191 pages · ENGISBN 9780786295593

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?

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AtmosphereBleak

How it reads

Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily

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