AWARDS: Newbery Honor Medal, Schneider Family Book Award, Mitten Award, Great Lakes Great Books Award, Maine Student Book Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Greast Stone Face Award, and Buckeye Children's Book Award
GENRE: Realistic Fiction READING LEVEL: 4th
BRIEF OVERVIEW: 12 year old Catherine wants a normal life. It is near impossible seeing that she has a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She spent years try to teach him the rules to eliminate embarrassing behaviors.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:The students will write a one page paper on what they things they think you should and should not do in a classroom.
REVIEWER'S NAME AND AFFILIATION: Jasmine Johnson, VSU