YEA!!!

One of my favorite books of ALL TIME is Rules by Cynthia Lord. It is so good. If you haven't read it, I command you to. You'll regret it someday if you don't.
It's mostly about a girl named Catherine, and her brother has autism. The majority of the book is about her feelings towards that and how she deals with it. I could relate to her so well because of my brothers, and I really liked that. Even if you can't relate to it in any way, I still highly recommend it. It might not speak as much to you as it did to me, but I loved it and I don't see why anybody else wouldn't at least like it very much. It's written really well and it can help you gain greater understanding of people with disabilities.

So, ever since I discovered that book in about fourth grade, I've been looking up the author, Cynthia Lord, to see if she's writing any new books. (I do this periodically with all my favorite authors) And a couple years ago, I saw on her website that a new book of hers Touch Blue, was coming out in Spring 2009. I eagerly waited, but I never found it. The next time I checked, it said Fall 2009. After that I pretty much gave up.
So then a few days ago we were going to Barnes and Noble to buy Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George (my Mom just read it and I'm going to read it soon) and I see this book, next to Rules, called Touch Blue.

I was so excited I seized it off the shelf and another book went flying out of place onto the floor. I was practically jumping up and down "Can I get it? Can I get it?" I didn't care what it was about. I was just excited to read it.

I started it a couple days ago and I'm loving it! It's about a charming little island town in Maine. They go out Lobster fishing all the time in their own boat, and it's really charming. I'm about halfway through and I'll be really sad when it's over.

So anyway, that's my exciting book news for right now.