From an exciting new voice comes a candid and witty look at feeling different and finding acceptance-beyond the rules.Twelve-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 his embarrassing behaviours. 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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