House Rules (2010) - Jodi Picoult
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction
trying this i the 1st part seeing if this works., Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Aspergers syndrome. Hes 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. Hes always showing up at crime scenes, thanks to the police scanner he keeps in his room, and telling the cops what they need to doand hes usually right. But then his town is rocked by a terrible murder and, for a change, the police come to Jacob with questions. All of the hallmark behaviors of Aspergers not looking someone in the eye, stimulatory tics and twitches, flat affect can look a lot like guilt to law enforcement personnel. Suddenly, Jacob and his family, who only want to fit in, feel the spotlight shining directly on them. For his mother, Emma, its a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, its another indication of why nothing is
