The book I read is Rules by Cynthia Lord. This book is about a girl named Cathrine (probably about 11, 12 years old) who has a younger brother named David. He has a form of Autism that causes him to not pick up social skills from other people, but instead has to learn from the rules his sister writes down for him. One day, in the waiting room for the therapist's office, Cathrine decides to draw a boy on the other side of the room named Jason who is in a wheelchair. They become friends. But in the meantime, a new girl moves to the house next door and Cathrine wants to make a good impression on her, so she tries to hide her brother's autism and Jason from the new girl. Even though Cathrine seems to not really like her new friend very much, she still puts what other people think of her in front of everything else, including her own needs. The book shows her learning to accept that everyone is not as perfect as she wants them to be.
I would recommend this book to nearly everybody who likes to read. I thought that this book was an excellent example of the struggle between making other people like you and liking yourself. I think that everybody could relate to this novel.
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