The First Rule of Punk
Published on 17. July 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-425-29042-2 (ISBN)
Description
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 Malu inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk-rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mum 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 Malu 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, Malu 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!
Reviews / Votes
Select awards and accolades for The First Rule of Punk:A 2018 Pura Belpre Author Honor Book
A 2018 ALSC Notable Children's Book
A 2018 Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award Winner
A 2017 ABA Indies Introduce Title
A Kids' Indie Next List Pick
An E.B. White Read-Aloud Middle Reader Award finalist
A 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor Book
An Amelia Bloomer List Book
CCBC Choices 2018
A 2018 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Publishers Weekly Flying Start
NPR Best Books of 2017
Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2017
School Library Journal Best Books of 2017
? "A charming debut about a thoughtful, creative preteen connecting to both halves of her identity."
-Kirkus Reviews, starred review
? "Those who enjoy vivacious, plucky heroines... will eagerly embrace Malu."
-School Library Journal, starred review
? "Perez's debut is as exuberant as its heroine... A rowdy reminder that people are at their best when they aren't forced into neat, tidy boxes."
-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A voice that is equal parts witty and sharp."
-Bustle.com
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (digest)
Illustrations
BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-425-29042-2 (9780425290422)
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Celia C. Perez is the author of The First Rule of Punk, a 2018 Pura Belpre Author Honor Book; Strange Birds, a 2020 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List Selection; and Tumble, which received six starred reviews and is an NPR Best Book of 2022. Celia is a longtime maker of zines inspired by her love of punk music and writing. Her favorite zine supplies are a long-arm stapler, glue sticks, and watercolor pencils. She'll never stop picking cilantro out of her food at restaurants, and she owns two sets of worry dolls because you can never have too many. Originally from Miami, Florida, Celia lives in Chicago with her family where she works as a community college librarian.