Rules
Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc. Year: 2006
ISBN: 978-0-439-44383-8
Genre: Fiction/
Realistic
This book is for Ages:
8 up
Awards: Skipping
Stones Honor Award; Newbery Honor; Schneider Family Award; ALA Notable/Best
Books;
AR Points: 4.0
Subjects/Themes: Friendship,
Family Life Growing Up, Disabilities
Plot Summary: 12-year-old Catherine is frustrated with
having am 8-year-old brother with autism.
She just wants to have normal friends and do normal things. Her dad is always at work. Her mom asks her to watch her brother a
lot. Catherine has rules to help David
interact in the world. When Katherine
meets a new friend names Jason, she has to question her rules and her idea of
normal.
Review: Cynthia
Lord’s book is about acceptance. Still
it was hard for me to accept that Catherine is as compassionate as she is
written. I liked Jason and David. The Rules are great. I especially liked the Davids escapades with
the fish tank. Good book, with a nice
story.
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Baskin.
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