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TROUBLE WITH RULES, THE
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Written by
Leslie Bulion
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Hardcover: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-440-2
Total Pages: 160
Size: 6 x 8 1/2
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Middle Reader, ages 8-12/Fiction
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LESLIE BULION is the author of several children's books, including Hey There, Stink Bug!; Tall Ships Fun; and Fatuma's New Cloth, winner of the African Studies Association's 2002 Children's Africana Books. She lives in Connecticut.
You can visit Leslie Bulion's website at: www.lesliebulion.com
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Sometimes, breaking the rules is the best thing you can do, especially when the rules don't allow you to be yourself.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q43437
Reading Counts Level: 3.5
AR Quiz#: 122327
AR Reading Level: 4.2
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For Nadine Rostraver, fourth grade means peer pressure and new social rules she hadn’t anticipated. For one thing, girls aren’t supposed to hang out with boys anymore. So where does that leave Nadine and her best friend Nick?
Then Summer Crawford arrives at Upper Springville Elementary and Nadine’s life goes from bad to worse! Nadine loses her job as the art editor on the class newspaper The Springville Spark and gets in some serious trouble with her teacher, Mr. Allen.
But Summer is a free spirit who marches to her own beat. Slowly Nadine realizes that life can be a lot more fun if you call your own tune. Together Nadine, Nick, and Summer decide breaking the rules is sometimes the best thing you can do. Especially when the rules don’t allow you to be yourself.
Author Leslie Bulion’s sensitive, realistic look at adolescence and her humorous slant on its unique struggles will resonate with young readers who will recognize themselves and their own dilemmas in her well-drawn characters and their responses to a complicated world.
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Reviews
“Readers will empathize with Nadie’s thought-provoking predicaments and her personal responses as she struggles through the transition from lower to upper elementary school.”Kirkus “Readers will empathize with the protagonist and may see themselves in her…”School Library Journal "...a great choice for younger students who are confident readers or as a class read-aloud."Library Media Connection "Realistic situations, honest emotions, and spot-on dialogue bring Leslie Bulion’s thoughtful story to life."Curriculum Connection
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Awards
* 2008 Friends Medallion Celebrating Friendship in Children's Literature (special award)
* 2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List (Intermediate)
* 2009 Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List (Intermediate)
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