Rules (Scholastic Gold)

This Newbery Honor Book is a heartfelt and witty story about feeling different and finding acceptance -- beyond the rules.

Rules joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!

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 David's embarrassing behaviors.

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?

Author: Cynthia Lord
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780439443838

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106154 / Rules


Award: 2010 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8