House rules : a novel / Jodi Picoult.
A teenager with Asperger's syndrome--smart, quirky, with a passion for crime scene analysis--winds up on trial for murder.
Jacob Hunt is 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 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 Asperger's -- 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, it's a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it's another indication of why nothing is normal because of Jacob. And over this small family the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?
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- ISBN: 9781439169698 (ebook)
- ISBN: 9780743296441
- ISBN: 9780743296434 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 0743296435 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9781451611205 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 532 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books : 2010.
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General Note: | Mar 10 |
Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Suspense fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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