num_pages: 208
description: This Newbery Honor Book is a heartfelt and witty story about feeling different and finding acceptance--beyond the rules. 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?
language: English
title: Rules
titlecomplete: Rules
genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, School, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 61532
places: Maine
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Schneider Family Book Award
category: Middle School Book, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Press