Inside Out — Ann M. Martin

It wasn't easy having a brother like James...

It's not much fun when you take your four-year-old brother to the playground and he starts eating gravel. Or when you can't get to sleep at night because he spends it screaming. Or when the kids at school tease you about having a brother who's a retardo.

But that's what it's like for Jonno.

His little brother James is autistic. And lately it seems that everything's getting spoiled because of James. Jonno just wants to be normal -- he's tired of being laughed at by the "in-kids." And if that means forgetting about James or other people's feelings, who cares? Shouldn't Jonno get a chance to think about himself for a while?