Rules

A heartfelt and witty debut 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?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 04/01/2006
ISBN: 9780439443821
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.80d
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee
Award: Golden Sower Award - Honor Book
Award: Maine Student Book Award - Winner
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Colorado Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nene Award - Recommended
Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee
Award: Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee
Award: West Virginia Children's Book Award - Third Place
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee
Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Booklist 02/15/2006 pg. 98
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/2006 pg. 234
School Library Journal 04/01/2006 pg. 142
Publishers Weekly 04/17/2006 pg. 188
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2006 pg. 411 - Recommended
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 343 - Recommended, Satisfactory

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