Author: Cynthia Lord
Title: Rules
Genre: Children's Chapter Book
Subgenre: Ages 9+
Theme: Being different and finding acceptance
Primary and Secondary characters: Catherine, David, Jason, Kristi
Awards: Newbery Honor
Awards: Newbery Honor
Publishing company: Scholastic Press
Brief summary & how to use with students: This book is about a girl named Catherine who has an autistic younger brother named David and she really doesn't know what to think of him. She loves him but she's also embarrassed by the things he does in public. She also notices how her parents really don't pay as much attention to her as they do to her brother. So she's always giving David rules of how to act and trying to help him be more normal. Things change when she becomes friends with Jason, a boy who is a nonverbal paraplegic at her brother's clinic, and he makes her think of things in a different light.
It's a really sweet story that talks a lot about a few disabilities so you can really learn a lot. More for older children, ages 9 and up, and would be perfect for those who have someone in their life with a disability and who would like to learn more about it.
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