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A 2018 Pura Belpr 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 Mal (Mar a 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 Mal 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, Mal 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 by award-winning author Celia C. P rez are featured throughout. "Mal rocks "
--Victoria Jamieson, author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor-winning Roller Girl
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- ISBN-13: 9780425290408
- ISBN-10: 0425290409
- Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
- Publish Date: August 2017
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.9 pounds
- Page Count: 336
- Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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