Born:New Hampshire,
United States Of America
Current Home:
Maine,
United States Of America
Cynthia Lord
Biography
When Cynthia Lord sat down to write her first children's book, she knew it would be a middle-grade novel. As she recalls, "I grew up next to a lake in New Hampshire and I remember being ten years old, lying on our pier, listening to the seagulls calling, and daydreaming about Borrowers and Chocolate Factories and Secret Gardens.
"Though I have children of my own now, when I write it's always for that daydreaming girl I used to be."
In her debut novel Rules, published by Scholastic Press, twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life, which is near impossible with a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. Filled with humor and warmth, Rules takes a candid and sensitive look at feeling different and finding acceptance--beyond the rules.
And as the mother of two teenagers, one of whom has autism, it's world Cynthia knows well. "A family that includes a child with severe special needs has unique dynamics, and I wanted to both explore and celebrate that difference."
A former teacher and bookseller, Cynthia still enjoys lying on a pier, reading a good book. And she hears plenty of seagulls at her home near the ocean in Maine, where she lives with her husband and their two children.
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Rules
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Rules
by Cynthia LordTwelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"---in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.
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But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
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Rules
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Rules
by Cynthia Lord12-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life - impossible when you have a brother with autism. Inventing 'rules' for David to deflect embarrassing behaviors, Catherine's own shocking behavior turns everything upside down the summer she meets Jason. Filled with humor and warmth, "emotions in the fast-paced novel ring true." - Horn Book
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