--- product_id: 2666569 title: "Rules (Scholastic Gold)" price: "S/.61" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/2666569-rules-scholastic-gold store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # 4.6/5 from 3,576 reviews Top #17 in Disability Books Authentic autism & disability portrayal Rules (Scholastic Gold) **Price:** S/.61 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧠📖 Unlock empathy and challenge perceptions with every page! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rules (Scholastic Gold) - **How much does it cost?** S/.61 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/2666569-rules-scholastic-gold) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Authentic Representation:** Offers a rare, respectful insight into autism and physical disabilities, fostering true understanding. - • **Social Inclusion Catalyst:** Perfect for educators and parents aiming to nurture compassion and inclusivity in young readers. - • **Engaging & Thought-Provoking:** Balances heartfelt moments with humor, making it both an emotional and uplifting read. - • **Award-Winning Empathy Builder:** Ranked #17 in Children's Disability Books, this novel is a must-have for socially conscious readers. - • **Relatable Sibling Perspective:** Explores the emotional complexity of growing up with a special needs sibling, resonating deeply with families. ## Overview Rules (Scholastic Gold) by Cynthia Lord is a critically acclaimed young adult novel ranked #17 in Children's Books on Disabilities. With a 4.6-star rating from over 3,500 readers, it authentically portrays autism and physical disabilities through the eyes of a fifth grader navigating family, friendship, and societal expectations. This emotionally rich story fosters empathy, inclusion, and understanding, making it essential for families, educators, and anyone passionate about social awareness. ## Description Rules (Scholastic Gold) [Lord, Cynthia] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rules (Scholastic Gold) Review: Engaging Read Filled With Light And Love - We create rules as a way to manage our time, personalities, and behaviors. We make rules in order to control our lives and give order to the world around us. Rules let us agree on a common way of acting, of certain expectations being met, and of certain boundaries not being crossed. Rules tell us how to live. Following rules and finding our place in the world is central to Cynthia Lord’s Rules , a powerful young adult novel about a fifth grade girl, Catherine, and her autistic brother, David. Along the way they befriend a non-verbal, wheelchair-bound boy named Jason, who, despite his physical limitations, helps set Catherine free of her self-imposed and restrictive “rules.” After all, rules are meant to be broken. Catherine wishes her brother’s autism would simply disappear, that he’d just wake up “normal” one day. But in case that doesn’t happen, she’s compiling a list of rules so “at least he’ll know how the world works, and I won’t have to keep explaining things.” Catherine gives voice to the siblings of special needs individuals everywhere when she notes: “Everyone expects a tiny bit from him and a huge lot from me.” Later, Catherine talks honestly with her father. “I have to matter, too. As much as work and your garden, and even as much as David. I need you, too.” Catherine ponders the nature of her brother’s disability. As the father of a son with autism I found her insights packed an emotional wallop. (Note: Cynthia Lord is the mother of boy with autism.) “How can his outside look so normal and his inside be so broken? Like an apple, red perfect on the outside, but mushy brown at the first bite.” Catherine struggles with being both embarrassed by her brother and protective of him in equal measure. She hates when people treat her brother “like he’s invisible. It makes me mad, because it’s mean and it makes me invisible, too.” Two of Catherine’s most simple rules are the most profound. There are flaws in all of us—not just those with special needs. And We all try to do the best we can to fit in, but things don’t always end up the way we intend. There are quite a few laughs here, and a few weepy emotional moments, too. Some of the most profound highlight the differences in Catherine and David’s mental capacities. At one point both kids get a chance to make a wish. Catherine says: I wish everyone had the same chances. Because it stinks a big one that they don’t. What about you? David wishes for grape soda. Cynthia Lord plays it straight in Rules, and doesn’t overdo it on the sentimentality. The result is an engaging read filled with light and love. A couple of Lord’s rules are bound to stick with you after the novel’s close: Sometimes you’ve gotta work with what you’ve got. And Looking closer can make something beautiful. -30- Review: Autism and physical disabilities in Rules: Accurate and fun to read. - Of all of the rules 12 year old Catherine makes for her little brother, David, "sometimes you've gotta work with what you've got" is quite fitting when it comes to describing what it is like to have someone in your life born with a disability. Cynthia Lord enables the reader of her book, Rules, to come to understand what it is like to grow up with someone with autism. The character David shows many of the classic symptoms of autism including sensory sensitivity, functional echolalia, obsession with certain interests, and lack of social interaction skills. In the story, one of the other key characters is a 15 year old boy named Jason Morehouse. Jason has a physical disability which restricts him to a wheel chair and an apparent voice disability which limits his communication to pointing at words in a communication book. While I am not certain what specific category this low-incidence disability might fall under, it is captured in the book in as respectful and accurate a manor as David's autism. When Catherine's family brings David to occupational therapy she befriends Jason through her artistic talent when she offers to make and illustrate more words for his communication book. The main conflict in the story arises when Kristi, a girl Catherine desperately wants to be friends with, urges Catherine to invite Jason to a community dance. Catherine is scared to tell Kristi about Jason's disability because of what others might think of her. This specific conflict concerning Jason mirrors the overall conflict concerning her brother David. Catherine dislikes the way the world sees her brother and Jason but does not want to be seen as having a problem either. "The rest of the world isn't like the clinic. Other places, people stare. Or they hurry away, and I know what they're thinking. `Oh, isn't that too bad.' or "What's wrong with that kid?' ... I get so sick of it" (Lord, 179). Catherine's feelings and fears are perfectly valid. The story is very accurate when it comes to the negative reactions Catherine describes, but it also does a good job portraying the positive reactions as well. At one point Catherine takes Jason in his wheel chair out to the parking lot to "run". Pushing him as fast as she can, in that moment she doesn't care what anybody thinks of her or how she looks. When they stop and look around, many people are smiling and even cheering them on. When Catherine's brother comes with her to Jason's birthday party, Jason's family understands and accepts David warmly. In the positive and negative reactions of society described here, and in the way the individuals with disabilities are represented, Rules is accurate and fair. Not only will I use this book to give my students a compassionate perspective of what life is like for their classmates with disabilities, but also how life is for peers related to disabled persons. ## Features - Great product! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #13,122 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #17 in Children's Books on Disabilities #81 in Children's Siblings Books (Books) #197 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,576 Reviews | ## Images ![Rules (Scholastic Gold) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Vnrt4bp1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Engaging Read Filled With Light And Love *by P***R on June 27, 2015* We create rules as a way to manage our time, personalities, and behaviors. We make rules in order to control our lives and give order to the world around us. Rules let us agree on a common way of acting, of certain expectations being met, and of certain boundaries not being crossed. Rules tell us how to live. Following rules and finding our place in the world is central to Cynthia Lord’s Rules , a powerful young adult novel about a fifth grade girl, Catherine, and her autistic brother, David. Along the way they befriend a non-verbal, wheelchair-bound boy named Jason, who, despite his physical limitations, helps set Catherine free of her self-imposed and restrictive “rules.” After all, rules are meant to be broken. Catherine wishes her brother’s autism would simply disappear, that he’d just wake up “normal” one day. But in case that doesn’t happen, she’s compiling a list of rules so “at least he’ll know how the world works, and I won’t have to keep explaining things.” Catherine gives voice to the siblings of special needs individuals everywhere when she notes: “Everyone expects a tiny bit from him and a huge lot from me.” Later, Catherine talks honestly with her father. “I have to matter, too. As much as work and your garden, and even as much as David. I need you, too.” Catherine ponders the nature of her brother’s disability. As the father of a son with autism I found her insights packed an emotional wallop. (Note: Cynthia Lord is the mother of boy with autism.) “How can his outside look so normal and his inside be so broken? Like an apple, red perfect on the outside, but mushy brown at the first bite.” Catherine struggles with being both embarrassed by her brother and protective of him in equal measure. She hates when people treat her brother “like he’s invisible. It makes me mad, because it’s mean and it makes me invisible, too.” Two of Catherine’s most simple rules are the most profound. There are flaws in all of us—not just those with special needs. And We all try to do the best we can to fit in, but things don’t always end up the way we intend. There are quite a few laughs here, and a few weepy emotional moments, too. Some of the most profound highlight the differences in Catherine and David’s mental capacities. At one point both kids get a chance to make a wish. Catherine says: I wish everyone had the same chances. Because it stinks a big one that they don’t. What about you? David wishes for grape soda. Cynthia Lord plays it straight in Rules, and doesn’t overdo it on the sentimentality. The result is an engaging read filled with light and love. A couple of Lord’s rules are bound to stick with you after the novel’s close: Sometimes you’ve gotta work with what you’ve got. And Looking closer can make something beautiful. -30- ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Autism and physical disabilities in Rules: Accurate and fun to read. *by J***N on February 12, 2013* Of all of the rules 12 year old Catherine makes for her little brother, David, "sometimes you've gotta work with what you've got" is quite fitting when it comes to describing what it is like to have someone in your life born with a disability. Cynthia Lord enables the reader of her book, Rules, to come to understand what it is like to grow up with someone with autism. The character David shows many of the classic symptoms of autism including sensory sensitivity, functional echolalia, obsession with certain interests, and lack of social interaction skills. In the story, one of the other key characters is a 15 year old boy named Jason Morehouse. Jason has a physical disability which restricts him to a wheel chair and an apparent voice disability which limits his communication to pointing at words in a communication book. While I am not certain what specific category this low-incidence disability might fall under, it is captured in the book in as respectful and accurate a manor as David's autism. When Catherine's family brings David to occupational therapy she befriends Jason through her artistic talent when she offers to make and illustrate more words for his communication book. The main conflict in the story arises when Kristi, a girl Catherine desperately wants to be friends with, urges Catherine to invite Jason to a community dance. Catherine is scared to tell Kristi about Jason's disability because of what others might think of her. This specific conflict concerning Jason mirrors the overall conflict concerning her brother David. Catherine dislikes the way the world sees her brother and Jason but does not want to be seen as having a problem either. "The rest of the world isn't like the clinic. Other places, people stare. Or they hurry away, and I know what they're thinking. `Oh, isn't that too bad.' or "What's wrong with that kid?' ... I get so sick of it" (Lord, 179). Catherine's feelings and fears are perfectly valid. The story is very accurate when it comes to the negative reactions Catherine describes, but it also does a good job portraying the positive reactions as well. At one point Catherine takes Jason in his wheel chair out to the parking lot to "run". Pushing him as fast as she can, in that moment she doesn't care what anybody thinks of her or how she looks. When they stop and look around, many people are smiling and even cheering them on. When Catherine's brother comes with her to Jason's birthday party, Jason's family understands and accepts David warmly. In the positive and negative reactions of society described here, and in the way the individuals with disabilities are represented, Rules is accurate and fair. Not only will I use this book to give my students a compassionate perspective of what life is like for their classmates with disabilities, but also how life is for peers related to disabled persons. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great all around! *by O***O on March 4, 2026* Very nice. The storyline itself was great and the book came without any creases or imperfections. ## Frequently Bought Together - Rules (Scholastic Gold) - Out of My Mind (The Out of My Mind Series) - Fish in a Tree --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/2666569-rules-scholastic-gold](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/2666569-rules-scholastic-gold) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*