House arrest is a realistic fiction book by K.A. Holt. It is about a middle school boy named Timothy who is on probation. He has a younger brother who is very sick, a father who left as soon as his brother was born, and has to write in a journal for a year. I really liked this book because it is a novel in verse and I have never read a book written in this way. It is a quick read and I would definitely recommend reading it.