From the Fantastic Fiction website:

"They tell me I'm lucky to have a son who's so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that there's a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn't know how.

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?

Emotionally powerful from beginning to end, 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 -- and fails those who don't.

I always enjoy this author's books, and this one is no exception, although I do need to have a break between them, as her books do tend to have a similar format.

This one's a good read!

Releasing this at this month's Brisbane BookCrossers meet-up at O'Malley's Irish pub

Looking forward to this. I also like Jodi Picoult, but need a bit of space between each of the books. The topic of this one sounds interesting and hopefully not as heart-rending as some of her others.

Picked up at the Brisbane meet. It is going onto my TBR shelf, hopefully not to languish there unread for too long.

Thanks for sharing and great to catch up today :)

This was a good read, although I found the ending a bit flat. It was very obvious early in the book what direction it was going and although it was interesting to read each characters' ideas and motivations, I also found it a little tedious at times.

I read this in record time as I have a plan for it :) Thanks again for sharing Aleonblue!

This is being sent with another book as a RABCK to Freelunch - I saw it on your wishlist and wanted to send it as a special thanks for all your recent RABCKs to me :)

thanks for the nice surprise kidwrangler :D

I'm sorry to have taken so long with this journal entry - new bookcrossing.com is here to stay and I need to get over it and stop avoiding coming here.

like you I enjoy JP's books but I need to space them out quite a bit. I haven't read one in a while so will hopefully get to this one soon..

a good read - I agree that the ending is a little flat, at least it isn't the kick in the teeth I expect to find at the end of this author's work.

selected by amberC from the Oz VBB..

arrived today, thank you. This will go on Mt TBR until I feel ready for it.

I have worked with autistic and aspergers kids and found the descriptions of how they experience the world to be interesting. The ending was a bit flat but at least it wasn't the usual tear-jerker ending

I have worked with autistic and aspergers kids and found the descriptions of how they experience the world to be interesting. The ending was a bit flat but at least it wasn't the usual tear-jerker ending

Taking to the meet-up.