Rules (Middle School)

Cynthia Lord is an American author of children's literature best known for her debut novel Rules (2006), which received a Newbery Honor and the Schneider Family Book Award in 2007, among other accolades including the Michigan Library Association's Mitten Award and ALA Notable Book designation. com. Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, and raised in New Hampshire, she lives in Brunswick, Maine, and has drawn inspiration from her experiences as a teacher and mother to a child with autism for her realistic fiction works, which also include Touch Blue, Half a Chance, A Handful of Stars, and the Hot Rod Hamster series; in 2022, she was honored with the Katahdin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Children's Literature. Read more →