Lord, C. (2006). Rules. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
This realistic fiction story is about twelve-year old Catherine who has an autistic brother named David. She teaches him rules on how to behave in public, at home, and anywhere David goes. She's always defending David. She makes a new friend at the clinic. His name is Jason and he's in a wheelchair and uses a board with words to communicate with the world. Catherine also befriends the new neighbor, Kristi and is invited to a school dance. Catherine tells Kristi about Jason, but she doesn't tell her about his illness. She has mixed feelings as she thinks she will not be accepted if she's seen with Jason, the same way she thinks she's not accepted because of her brother David. She blames the world for everything and in reality it is her that's having a hard time accepting her brother, Jason, and her attitude towards her life.
If you liked this book you may also enjoy reading the following books:
Byars, B. (1970). The summer of the swans. New York, NY: Viking Press.
In this story fourteen-year-old Sara Godfrey and her developmentally delayed brother Charlie love to watch the swans on a local lake. One day Charlie disappears and Sarah must reach past herself to find him. She has many issues accepting her life and who she is. Sara turns to Joe Melby, whom she has long despised, and together they search through the dense woods and rough fields to find him. Her relationship with him and her father later changes.
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Meyer, D. J. (1997). Views from our shoes: Growing up with a brother or sister with special needs. New York, NY: Woodbine House Inc..
This is a collection of honest, small essays written by siblings of children with a broad range of special needs. It also offers advice to these children to let them know they are not alone and that other children like them with special needs siblings feel the same way.
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