Rules

Lord, C. (2008). Rules. New York, New New York: Scholastic. Dealing with a sibling with a disability is difficult enough, but to be anchorage of looking after him, is even more difficult. Especially for a 12 year old named Catherine. Learning to deal with his behaviors and understanding him becomes her world. Wanting to be like every other 12 year old, Catherine meets a boy her age and learns a lot about herself. Using the back of her sketchbook, Catherine writes down rules for her brother, David to learn or at least follow later on. Lord uses each chapter to present these rules. Students can compare and contrast Rules with Out of My Mind, both deal with someone with a disability. They can cross compare the narrators of the stories and choose a character to present to the class. They can write a brief summary of the book or become that character and perform a part of the book that stands out to them from that character’s point of view.