Allie Finkle's rules for girls

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Cover of Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls Moving Day
by Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot has a knack for bringing her characters to life and Allie Finkle is no different. If you're looking for an enjoyable read for girls, ages 9-12, then you should check out Moving Day (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls), the first installment in the ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS series.

Meg Cabot has created a spunky nine-year old who's just trying to make sense out of the 4th Grade. She jots down rules to help her remember how to be a good sister, student, and friend--and also not to eat anything red. Yes, that's a rule. And it's rules like these that make this book!

The book starts out with Allie considering to dump her current best friend, Mary Kay--mainly because of an incident that involves sticking a spatula down Mary Kay's throat. Allie quickly realizes that most things in life aren't easy and there should be a rule book, so she decides to create her own.

When Allie finds out that her parents have decided to move, Allie is keen to the idea. She can get a new best friend, her family can walk to Dairy Queen, and she can finally get a kitten of her own. But when she sees the house they'll be moving into, she quickly changes her mind and will do everything in her power to keep her parents from moving them into the haunted Victorian house--at least that's what the new next door neighbor tells Allie. Since she watches too many scary movies with her uncle, Allie believes that there's a monster in the attic and refuses to move into the new house. She devises ways to stay in the old house and, since Allie is such a unique character, you'll find yourself rooting her on. Especially when she attempts a daring rescue at the end.

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Additional Information:
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 3, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545040418
ISBN-13: 978-0545040419
Source of book: library copy