Characters
This is the main character of the book.
Who is Catherine?
This is where Catherine and Kristi go swimming.
What is the lake?
David is always putting these things inside Catherine's fish tank.
What are toys?
This is a word that Catherine uses a lot to describe the life she wants.
What is normal?
What makes David different from his family?
He has autism
This person is the younger brother of Catherine.
Who is David?
This is where David goes every week for occupational therapy (OT).
What is the clinic?
This gets Catherine in trouble on her first trip to the clinic where she sees Jason.
This word means something that you are allowed or not allowed to do. Catherine has a lot of these.
What is rules?
Jason uses this to communicate with others
What is a communication book?
This person is Catherine's best friend but they are visiting family for the summer.
Who is Melissa?
This is where Catherine pushes Jason is his wheelchair to show him what running feels like.
What is the parking lot?
This changes how Catherine feels about Jason and she starts to be a better friend. She also does not care what other people think.
What is Catherine running in the parking lot with Jason?
This means to feel self-conscious, awkward, or ashamed. Catherine feels this way a lot.
What is embarass?
Catherine is twelve years old.
This person is Catherine's new friend that she likes very much.
Who is Jason?
This is where David loves to go every week to read the labels on the DVDs.
What is the video store?
This is when Catherine and Jason get into a disagreement.
What is when Catherine is at Jason's birthday party?
This means a reason or explanation for not being able to do something. Catherine's dad uses these alot.
What is an excuse?
Jason gives this to Catherine for her guinea pigs.
What is carrots?
This is the girl who lives next door.
Who is Kristi?
This is where the dance takes place that Catherine goes to.
Catherine brings this to the clinic to show Jason and it shows that they are friends.
What is Catherine bringing her guinea pig to the clinic?
This means a relationship of mutual affection (like) between people.
What is friendship?
This is the one rule Catherine breaks at the end of the book, at the party.
What is dancing?