Jacob Hunt is good at many things, he is able to remember a film word for word after the first watch, he's able to memorize a book after one simple glance and he's probably the most organised teenager in the world. However Jacob is unable to look anybody in the eye and the colour orange sends him into tantrums rarely seen outside of young children which are all hallmarks of Jacob's condition; Jacob Hunt has Aspergers. When Jacob's social studies teacher Jess is found dead, all of the signs point to Jacob and the fact his Aspergers means he can't look anybody in the eye and the police begin to believe Jacob had something to do with it. Jacob's mother, Emma, then has to ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the 2010 book "House Rules" by Jodi Picoult. I have read many books by this author but I think, perhaps, this has been my favourite read of hers yet. A bit about In "House Rules" we follow, Jacob, an 18 year old with Asperger's which is on the Autism scale. He is Emma's Son and Theo's brother. They live together and deal with the various issues Jacob's Asperger's present. He wears only certain coloured clothes on certain days, and eats only certain coloured food on a given day (eg. Brown Thursday). Jacob manages to attend mainstream school with a pass for sensory breaks when he needs a break from the world. Jacob's ...  Read the complete review

The Hunt family might not appear that unusual nowadays, a single mum struggling to bring up two teenage sons on one wage and some child support is a sad fact of modern society, but this family have more than their fair share of problems, for Jacob Hunt, eldest son of Emma and brother to Theo has a neurological disorder, he's got Asperger's Syndrome, a condition that's on the same scale as Autism. This is a condition that doesn't affect his normal health but sets him apart from the majority of society since his brain works in a different way to most 'normal' people. You may well question what is 'normal' and certainly this book goes a long way to posing and ...  Read the complete review

I received this book as a Christmas gift; I've taken a passing interest in Jodi Picoult (well I've read a few synopsis's of her books and figured they might turn out to be quite interesting!) but this is the first book I've read of hers. It's pretty hefty at 603 pages (maybe not the best one to 'break me in' with!) and tells the story through each of its main characters which gives you a rounded view of the situation as it is perceived by Jacob Hunt - the main character of this book whose interest in forensic science and turning up at crime scenes leads him to a potential murder conviction of his own, as well as his younger brother Theo, his mother Emma and others such ..  Read the complete review

As far as I'm aware, this is Jodi Picoult's latest book release, and it's the fifth one of hers that I've read in total. Like the majority of her books, there is a moral thread running through the story. The plot revolves largely around Jacob, a teenager who suffers from an autism-related condition called Asperger's Syndrome who struggles to communicate effectively with the outside world and who is prone to refusing eye contact, fidgeting and looking at the ground ... all of which make him look extremely guilty in the eyes of the police when his tutor, Jess, goes missing and is later found dead. He repeatedly protests his innocence but much of the evidence points to his .  Read the complete review