2009, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee2009, Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee2008, Buckeye Children's Book Award, Winner2009, North Carolina Children's Book Award, Nominee2009, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee2009, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee2009, Young Hoosier Book Award, Nominee2009, Golden Sower Award, Honor Book2008, Maine Student Book Award, Winner2010, Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee2008, Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award, Nominee2008, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Winner2008, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Winner2008, Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee2007, Schneider Family Book Award, Winner2010, Grand Canyon Reader Award, Nominee2008, Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee2009, Colorado Children's Book Award, Nominee2008, Nene Award, Recommended2009, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Honor Book2009, William Allen White Childens Book Award, Nominee2007, Great Stone Face Book Award, Nominee2008, Land of Enchantment Book Award, Nominee2008, West Virginia Children's Book Award, Third Place2009, Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee2009, Beehive Awards, Nominee2008, Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Nominee2010, Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, Nominee2007, Newbery Medal, Honor Book2009, Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee2009, California Young Reader Medal, Nominee2009, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee2009, Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee2008, Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, Nominee
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?Hardcover.
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.
