Rules (Scholastic Gold)

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?

Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780439443821
Audience: Ages 9-12

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


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: 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: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
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

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.