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Rules (Newbery Honor Book)
by: Cynthia Lord

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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780439443821
ISBN: 0439443822
Label: Scholastic Press
Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Sales Rank: 8904
Studio: Scholastic Press

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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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- Rules
My daughter and I thouroughly enjoyed this book. It gave insight to a growing disability and ways to treat those who suffer. Great book. Karen

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- Hmmmm
Hmmm...., what can I write about this book. Great character's, intelligent details, honest theme, STEREOTYPICAL!!!!! This book is an attempt at revealing the beauty of disabled children, yet it comes off as a book about a girl who is embarrassed about her autistic brother. That's understandable, but when you write a story on such a delicate and easily misinterpreted theme, you have to be careful. This story greatly reminds me of "Julep O'Toole, Middle Child". It seems that the only way authors can get across some beautiful theme, is by making their stereotype characters realize how they act and feel is wrong. I couldn't relate to the character, or picture what was going on. I felt like I was reading a letter from some distant relative I had never heard of. This story was written in a hurry, stereotypically, and the author should have added some more descriptions. A must NOT read.

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- Rules .... is a very, very compelling book for tweens
This book screams out exactly what the title says.... Catherine has a learning disabled brother who cannot function in social situations. She give him "rules" that guide him to more or less do the "socially correct" thing.

My daughter was enthralled. Perfect gift for any tween.

The characters are believable and likeable. It helps that my daughter's best friend has a brother with Asperger's Syndrome. She found the story very compelling and even chose to do a 5th grade book report on it. To me, the story discusses very adult feelings... but she disagrees. It's very age appropriate and well written for 10-12 year olds.

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- Rules
We all do it, out of human nature. We see people we feel to be less fortunate than us and we can't help but look their way. A glance filled with pity and guilt. Whether it be physical limitations from something like cerebral-palsy or "odd" behavior stemmed from something like autism. However, inside these individuals lies someone as interesting, as creative, and as normal as you and me. Often times our looks and glances are not meant to hurt or offend but that doesn't me they aren't received that way. Not just by the individual, but by those closest to them. A parent. A sibling. A friend.

In Rules, Cynthia Lord puts us in the place of twelve-year-old Catherine. Catherine wants a normal life, complete with a next door friend who she can take to the beach and send flashlight messages back and forth with late at night. Lucky for her, Kristi is moving in next door this summer and may prove to be just that ... Read More

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