David's Rules In The Newbery Honor

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In the Newbery Honor winning book, Rules, the main character, Catherine, wants a normal life. Which is almost impossible because of her little brother, David, who is autistic. David has to have rules to keep him out of trouble. Catherine has had to make the rules for David from “No toys in the fish tank” “Keep your pants on in public”. He has to go to something called OT. At OT, Catherine meets a boy named Jason, who she likes to make speaking cards for. In the summer, Catherine’s best friend, Melissa, goes to California on vacation. Because of this, Catherine wants another girl her age to hang out with, because David embarrasses her all the time. One time she was having a sleepover with Melissa and when her mom and David came to pick her up,

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