Rules

By Cynthia Lord

It was a good book for brothers and sisters, (who has not been embarrassed by they siblings at one time or another, disability or not?)

Who should read it? Any kid who thinks life is never going to get any easier or better...

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 head off his embarrassing behaviours. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising new sort-of friend, 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?