Rules (Scholastic Gold)

Cynthia Lord

Sept 2013 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this eBook

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?

Ratings and reviews

I didn't read this on my phone, but in real life. It's good, I read it for Battle Of The Books at school. I liked it, but it was missing a plot, what is it supposed to be about? It was good, I just wish I knew why the book was written, like, the books missing excitement. But it was good.

So I haven't bought it from here, but I read it at school and it was awesome! And I love it when the gunipigs talk, it's adorable and funny. This book let's me see people with disabilities in a new way. Cynthia Lord, you are a genius!

I loved the part where it told me he had autism. I also liked the part where David meets the kid in the wheelchair, but why can't the kid in the wheelchair be more like Stephen Hawking.

About the author

Cynthia Lord is the award-winning author of Rules, a Newbery Honor Book and a Schneider Family Book Award winner, as well as the critically acclaimed Half a Chance, A Handful of Stars, and Because of the Rabbit. She made her picture-book debut with Hot Rod Hamster, which won several awards, including the Parents' Choice Award, and is the author of the Shelter Pet Squad chapter book series. She lives in Maine with her family. Visit her at cynthialord.com.