P�erez, Celia C., 1972-

The first rule of punk / 1st rule of punk Celia C. P�erez. - New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2018. �2017 - 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

School Library Journal starred, June 2017 Kirkus Starred, June 2017 New York Times, August 2017 Horn Book, July 2017 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2017 Library Media Connection, August 2017 Christian Library, April 2018 Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2017

Twelve-year-old Mar�ia Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Mal�u) 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.

5.2. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



Pura Belpre Award/Honors, 2018

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Individuality--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Mexican Americans--Fiction.
Punk rock music--Fiction.
Bands (Music)--Fiction.
Middle schools--Fiction.
School stories.


Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.

PZ7.1.P44747 / Fi 2018

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