The first rule of punk
Record details
- ISBN: 0425290425
- ISBN: 9780425290422
- ISBN: 9780425290422 : PAP
- ISBN: 0425290425 : PAP
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Physical Description:
310 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 8-12. 670L Lexile. |
Study Program Information Note: | Reading Counts! 4.2. Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.5 7 190322. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, Middle School (Teen), 2022. School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017. Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, 2018. Horn Book Fanfare List, 2017. Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2018. Américas Award commended title, 2018. |
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Genre: | Children. Fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Thomaston Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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Thomaston Public Library | TEEN PEREZ (Text) | 34020142217775 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
The First Rule of Punk
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Summary
The First Rule of Punk
A2018 Pura Belpre Author Honor Book The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no one's watching. There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school-you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malo (Maria Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better as long as she remembers the first rule of punk- be yourself. The real Malo loves rock music, skateboarding, zines, and Soyrizo (hold the cilantro, please). And when she assembles a group of like-minded misfits at school and starts a band, Malo finally begins to feel at home. She'll do anything to preserve this, which includes standing up to an anti-punk school administration to fight for her right to express herself! Black and white illustrations and collage art throughout make The First Rule of Punk a perfect pick for fans of books like Roller Girl and online magazines like Rookie . "Armed with a microphone and a pair of scissors, this book is all about creating something new and awesome in the world. Malo rocks!" --Victoria Jamieson, author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Roller Girl