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Rules
- Author
- Cynthia Lord
- Narrator
- Jessica Almasy
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 24 July 2007
- Run Time
- 4 hours 1 minute
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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?
"A heartwarming first novel"—Booklist
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Details
- Author
- Cynthia Lord
- Narrator
- Jessica Almasy
- Duration
- 4 hours 1 minute
- Release Date
- 24 July 2007
- ISBN
- 9781440781391
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs
Synopsis
This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance.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?"A heartwarming first novel"—Booklist
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