Mar19 Special Needs Stats and News- Jodi Picoult's House Rules

Jodi Picoult has another book to instruct and, at the same time, entertain the reader. House Rules is published by Atria Books and sells for less than $30.

 All families dealing with Asperger Syndrome in their lives will want to read the over 500 pages of Jody Picoult latest book. It’s about Jacob Hunt - a boy with high-functioning autism (HFA) - who is accused of murder...

“Picoult’s research is impeccable and she deals intelligently with charged questions about autism and Asperger’s.” — Publishers Weekly

“ House Rules is a page-turner... well-paced and thoughtful. And it certainly leaves readers with more compassion and understanding for sufferers of a condition that puts them always on the outside without a way in.” — Boston Globe

“Picoult’s research is impeccable and she deals intelligently with charged questions about autism and Asperger’s.” — Publishers Weekly

Over the last 18 years, Jody Picoult has written 17 novels--three of which became television movies and another, My Sister's Keeper, starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin turned into a theatre play.

Have you read any other books by Jodi Picoult? Do you think such books make the general public aware of the difficulties Special Needs families face every day?

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