Tonight we had our annual professional development book discussion at work. This year we had a few books to choose from, so I chose the only novel on the list-House Rules by Jodi Picoult (who also happens to live in New Hampshire). It is not a bad book. The older son in the book has Aspberger's Syndrome so the story revolves around his condition and how it impacts everyone who comes into contact with him. It is also a murder mystery. The downside? It switches "voices" from one character to another, which I don't like, and there is no real closure-intentionally, but I like closure.
The book was good, but I would actually recommend The Out of Sync Child if you have an interest in sensory processing disorder in children. While it's not about Aspbergers or autism, it is about characteristics on the autism spectrum and it presents four different types of SPD, while the novel shows only one child with Aspbergers, leaving you thinking that all children with it are just like him. There is also a book called The Out of Sync Child at Play, which I've heard is really good.