New Children's Fiction
Rules by Cynthia Lord.
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?