PowerPoint By Gillian HadfieldWritten be Cynthia Lord

Catherine Loves to draw Be with friends Swim in her

favorite lake Is often annoyed

by her eight year old brother

Can’t dance, sing, or cook

Catherine’s Dad Works in the

pharmaceutical industry

Is fun, and is helpful

Has an obsession with gardening

Catherine’s Mom

Good at everything

Likes to bring clients over

Catherine’s neighbor Kristi Is loveable Caring Pretty Helpful Can be a royal

pain

Ryan - from Catherine’s school

Insensitive Very stuck up Mean Annoying But on occasion

might be nice

Jason - a friend Exceptionally Funny Up for everything Loves music Dances in his

wheelchair Always making the

grey skies blue

Catherine’s Brother David Kind Silly An eight year

old brother Very smart Has autism

David’s Condition Catherine’s little brother David, has a special brain

function called autism

Certain things types of things bother him

For instance if the cellar door is open, David would have the urge to close it

Often common-sense doesn’t reach David's mind

Catherine made some of her own rules to help David

David’s Brain

Rules for David Chew with your mouth closed Say thank you if someone gives you a present

(even if you don’t like it) If someone says “hi” you say “hi” back When you want to get out of answering

something, distract the questioner with another question

Not everything worth keeping has to be useful If the bathroom door is closed, knock (especially

if Catherine has a friend over) Sometimes people laugh at you because they like

you. Sometimes they laugh at you to hurt you. No toys in the fish tank

Setting:

Summertime, near the beach in the City

Main Events

The New Neighbor This summer Catherine’s best

friend Melissa is in California so Catherine is all alone until she returns in August again.

She is faced with the challenge of being friends with her new next door neighbor.

Catherine is concerned that David might embarrass her in front of this new friend!

The New Friend at the Clinic

Every Tuesday and Thursday David goes to the clinic

David gets help for his condition while Catherine waits in the lobby

One day, while waiting, she meets a new friend named Jason who is in a wheelchair

Jason can only talk through the cards he points to

The New Friend at the Clinic

Catharine draws him in her sketch book

Worried Catherine is making fun of Jason, Jason’s mom notices becomes upset

But, Jason isn’t bothered and becomes friends with Catharine

When Catherine saw the book of cards they were very boring and said words like “Hi” “Friend” “Bye” “How are you?” “House” “Dog” and more.

So Catherine decided to make better more colorful cards such as, “what’s up?” or “Stinks a big one.”

5:00 Every Tuesday and Thursday when David comes home

from the clinic he waits out on the porch for his dad with Catherine

Though because of David’s autism, he takes lots of things literally

The time their dad says he will be home everyday is 5:00, though David holds him accountable for doing so

However if he isn’t home exactly at that time, David will scream

On day he wasn’t home exactly at 5:00 and screamed so loud the new neighbor could hear and asked if he was alright

That embarrassed Catherine very much

First Time Over

The first time Kristi comes over to Catherine's house is a semi nightmare

Catherine is embarrassed because the bed is unmade and pencils are scattered all over the floor

Kristi Starts talking about boys (about Jason), and that makes her feel awkward

David embarrasses Catherine in front of Kristi by asking her to fix the tape recorder

The Lake Catherine invites Kristi to the lake

and Kristi finds it very wet, cold, slimy, and filled with critters

Kristi explains that there is an upcoming dance and was wondering if Catherine would like to bring Jason on a double date

But because Jason is in a wheelchair, Catherine decides she doesn’t want to

Bubble Gum A week later, Catherine returns home

When David and Catherine are just about to walk inside their house, she hears someone calling her name from behind

So she turns around and sees Kristi and Ryan

Of course David and her has to say hi

Ryan has gum and Catherine is interested in having a piece. Ryan offered some before she had a chance to ask.

David asks, but is rejected. Ryan teases David by making him run around to catch the gum

Catherine, being a big sister gave David her gum

Fast on Wheels

Once in the clinic Catherine and Jason started discussing how nice it would be to run

They come up with the idea that Catherine could race him around the building with his moms permission

Jason and Catherine race around the clinic building

People stare, but Catherine and Jason don’t care

At the end of there run, Jason said he had the time of his life

Happy Birthday Catherine is invited to Jason’s birthday

which she accepts

Catherine knows Jason loves music, so she plans on buying him a guitar

All of the music shops she is aware of are too expensive

Catherine knows of an antique shop across from the clinic which has a guitar in her price range

At the party Jason adores his new present even though he can’t play

The PartyTowards the end of Jason’s party,

he heard that there was a dance

Jason asked Catherine if she would like to go, even though she said no

Jason made the assumption it was because of his handicap

To the End

Jason and Catherine end up going to the dance

Read the book if you like to find out if Jason and Catherine are still friends or will they end up being enemy's.

Will Katherine betray Kristi? The possibilities are endless.