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Rules (Newbery Honor Book) | 
 enlarge | Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1142
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0439443822
EAN: 9780439443821
ASIN: 0439443822
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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Product Description
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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 Absolutley Excellent July 4, 2008
It is often easy for those who write Young Adult/Juvenile fiction to make some characters overly antagonistic and others overly sympathetic. RULES, however, creates real characters who are both sympathetic and humanly annoying. I adored Catherine and her brother David. I found them both to be endearing, funny and easy to feel compassion for. Catherine's "rules" were familiar to me as a mother of a son with Asperger's Syndrome. I understood her need to keep a situation under control because it can so easily come unraveled. I loved the way the author showed how David communicates his feelings (and kids with Autism DO have feelings) through the dialogue he had gleaned from the Frog and Toad books. I truly enjoyed this book, and thank the author for doing such an excellent job in writing it. Can't recommend it enough.
Amazing! July 2, 2008
Catherine's younger brother is autistic and though she loves him, she sometimes resents how difficult her life is with him in it. She wishes, for once, that her parents would think of her first and that David would just follow the simple, everyday rules of life that are obvious to everyone else. She creates a list of rules for David (No toys in the fish tank).
When a new girl moves in next door, Catherine hopes that she and Kristi will become friends. Worried about how Kristi will react to David, Catherine tries to keep the two separate. Meanwhile, Catherine also develops a friendship with Jason that she hides from Kristi because he is confined to a wheelchair and can't speak.
Maybe a bit predictable, but in a good way, Catherine's struggle with "normal" and finding acceptance is told with warmth and compassion, without ever feeling preachy.
Newberry Honor book. Highly recommended for all.
A great book that really shows the discomfort of meeting someone who is different! An Honest, Real & Genuine Read! June 18, 2008
I love this book! Rules is a Newberry Honor Book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. Well-written and a smooth, easy to read story, words that come to mind when I think about this book are: Honest, Real and Truthful. I like this book because to me it doesn't seem forced or fake - it's Genuine.
Catherine is a twelve year old girl who likes to draw and sketch. She has two guinea pigs named Cinnamon and Nutmeg, and wants to become friends with Kristi who just moved in next door. Catherine fills her sketchbook with drawings and also with rules to help her brother and herself understand the world. During David's OT visits, Catherine meets Jason in the waiting room. Jason uses a wheelchair and communications cards. Catherine begins creating new cards for Jason's communication notebook - new words complete with drawings of her own to match. As their friendship grows, Catherine and Jason expand in different ways; he tries new things and she starts seeing things from a new perspective.
A great book that really shows the discomfort of meeting someone is who is different. As the story closes, it's really up in the air how things will end.
Rules May 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rules is an excellent book. Rule is about a twelve year old girl named Cathrine who has a brother named David who has autism. Cathrine tries to teach him rules like " No toys in the fish tank and "Keep your pants on in public." I think Rules is a wounderful book to read beacuse it's about Cathrine trying to make friends and a girl moves in next door and tries to make friends. If you want to know if they become friends, read Rules. I would recommend this book to people who like books with good narration.
Fabulous May 25, 2008
I thought this book was fabulous. It was great to read a book about a child with autism that didn't focus only on the child's disability but on who they are as people. Great complexity of emotions and very true to life!
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