Rules by Cynthia Lord

Rules is a book about a 12-year-old girl named Catherine who has a brother with autism named David. It's titled Rules because David wasn't born knowing rules like you and I were. Catherine had to tell him yourself that the rule is "no toys in the fish tank" and "you take your pants off at the doctor sometimes if the doctor asks you to, but never at the dentist."

Catherine has a hard life with David, and sometimes she thinks "why did god have to pick me to have David? A kid with OCD would be easier." But she can only thank him for one thing: letting her go to OT with him where she met Josh. OT stands for Occupational Therapy. And Josh is a boy she meets at OT who is in a wheelchair and has to use a communication book to talk to other people. But his hearing is just fine (which he doesn't think his therapist knows, because she yells at him every morning "HI JOSH! HOW ARE YOU TODAY?!").

Having a brother with autism is hard sometimes, Catherine knows, but it could be harder in so many ways. This book was really good and I think you should all read it.