Jodi Picoult has been my all time favorite authors, because the point of view she writes from is very versatile and unique. Looking at a situation from one point of view all of us can do, but looking at it from all aspects or perspectives is something we all wish to do, and Jodi can do that. Her books are authentic, and unique creating an odd feeling of pleasure and pain at the same time. Pleasure reading such a well written book which arises so many emotions and pain because of the reality she has written about. I personally love all her books and this is her newest book, which came out in March."HOUSE RULES is about Jacob Hunt, a teenage boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has a special focus on one subject – in his case, forensic analysis. He’s always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to do…and he’s usually right. But then one day his tutor is found dead, and the police come to question him. All of the hallmark behaviors of Asperger’s – not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, inappropriate affect – can look a heck of a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel -- and suddenly, Jacob finds himself accused of murder. HOUSE RULES looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way – but lousy for those who don’t." - http://www.jodipicoult.com/
“Intelligent, obsessive: House Rules is one of Picoult’s best!”
— USA TODAY
“Picoult’s superb novel makes us inhabit Jacob’s solitude and abide his yearning.”
— Washington Post
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