Cynthia Lord

"No toys in the fish tank!"

This book was like, my favorite book in the world. It kind of inspired me, taught me what I liked to write about without me knowing it: people.

This book tells the story of an autistic boy named David, through the eyes of his older sister Catherine. Catherine can't stand her younger brother being autistic. He has trouble with everything, but he likes rules. So Catherine makes rules for him to follow. She also learns what he feels-and how she can help-from a boy named Jason, who cannot speak or walk.

It's an amazing book. It's also for younger children, but I still find myself flipping through it now and again. Just like her other book, Touch Blue.

This book is about Tess, her little sister, and the adopted boy that her parents take in. A lot of the islanders (see the cover, they're on an island!) are taking in foster children to save the school. The older boy Tess and family take in kind of . . . figures it out.

It's (also) an awesome book. I really like the cover, too. Really means something after you've read the book. Again, it's for younger children, but I still like it. I hope my younger brother can read it for himself one day. He's only four now.

Anyways, I really like the author, Cynthia Lord. She writes based off her own son (who is autistic . . . I think) and daughter (who isn't). Her daughter is an artist, as she says, which explains why Catherine in Rules is an artist as well. She says her daughter helped her a lot with Catherine's character.