Rules

1. Author: Cynthia Lord

2. Title: Rules

3. Illustrator: N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book 

5. Sub-Genre: Acceptance

6. Theme: Overcoming Obstacles

7. Characters: Jason, Catherine, David,  Kristi

8. Date of Publication: April 1, 2006

9. Publishing Company: Scholastic Press 

10. Summary: 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?
11: Use with Children: This is a great read for students to realize the obstacles of life and how they are handled by different ways.