大卫的规则》讲述了患有自闭症的大卫，因无法与人正常交流，为家人制造了很多麻烦。姐姐凯瑟琳设下很多规则，希望弟弟照着做，没想到自己也落进规则的牢笼，变得寸步难行。过度敏感的心使她在交友路上患得患失。*后在帮助一个有语言障碍的男孩儿的过程中，才慢慢走出自己所设的规则，以充满爱的心接纳一切。这是一本关爱特殊儿童、告诉人们尤其是家人该以何种心态面对并帮助他们、描述少年儿童心理成长过程的少年小说，可读性极强。
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which isnear impossible when you have a brother with autism and a familythat revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying toteach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple"to "keep your pants on in public"---in order to head off David'sembarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, newsort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's alwayswished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everythingupside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
