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    <body><![CDATA[I wasn't sure I would like this book at first because it is an &quot;issues&quot; book. I thought it would be about a girl who learns to accept her brother's disabilities, and while this is true, it was more a learning-to-fit-in-and-be-comfortable-with-yourself book.  I'm still making it sound chees...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34852450">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>You can always tell when you're reading a book that has a basis in truth. With RULES, author Cynthia Lord writes about what it's like to live with autism, and she should know, since she has an autistic child. <br/><br/>That ring of truth is there, in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22055393">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this was a nice book - a story about a girl trying to come to grips with her autistic brother (and her parents who do everything for him and nothing for her) and her friendship with a boy with cerebral palsy.  It kept my interest.  But it seemed artifical - I mean, she is driven crazy by the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9508276">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm glad to discover that a book like this exists! <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Cynthia Lord" title=" Cynthia Lord"> Cynthia Lord</a> is a behavioral specialist, former teacher, and mom to a child with autism. She knows her subject matter intimately. <em>Rules</em> is a refreshingly contemporary story told from the point of view of the 12-year old well-sibling of a boy with a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4182221">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After having read a number of Newbery Honor and Newbery Award-winning books that have fallen short of what I would consider “Newbery-worthy”, I was thrilled to come across Rules!  I read the book cover-to-cover in under two hours, and was really moved by the main character, Catherine, and her re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2994913">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book had quite a few good imaginative narrative devices, and it was quite interesting to read about living with a child with autism, knowing that the author had first hand experience in this regard.  I wanted main character Catherine to have a bit more heart, though - something about ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40348828">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great addition to collections of books about living with autism. Catherine is the 12-year-old sister of David who is autistic, and since her parents are both very busy, she shares in the responsibility of watching him and teaching him. She has created a list of rules for David, like &quot;No toys in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73675348">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! Rules is a Newberry Honor Book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. Well-written and a smooth, easy to read story, words that come to mind when I think about this book are: Honest, Real and Truthful. I like this book because to me it doesn't seem forced or fake - it's Gen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69574130">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rules by Cynthia Lord is a middle grade novel that deals with autism in a very real way. Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a life that doesn't totally revolve around her little brother David's autism. Told in her voice, you immediately become sympathetic to her role in the family. One of the stre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57024602">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was an amazing story. <br/><br/>This girl lives with her parents, and her brother; in which he has autism. It isn't easy living with a child that has a mental problem. She feels she is not getting much attention for her family, for they are centered around helping her brother David with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52490124">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rules, didn't we all have them as we grew up? I did...Catholic school from kindergarten to 8th grade. Catherine and David have rules, his to help him fit into society, hers to help her cope with her life's challenges.<br/><br/>This is definitely a child's voice. I listened to the Audible Books ver...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49083057">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a great young adult book with surprisingly difficult themes.  It centers on a young teen, Catherine, whose brother David is autistic.  Catherine is uncomfortable with her brother because being with him in public is difficult and sometimes embarrassing and infringes on Catherine's ability to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79281771">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this sweet book! The rules that Catherine makes for her autistic brother, David, are witty, creative, and I found some that were even applicable to my life. I really appreciated how things didn't just magically fall into place for Catherine, but they had to evolve-- isn't that how rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45329277">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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