Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day

YA

What a great series for tween girls. Allie's humor and feistiness will engage girls who are beyond Junie B and Judy Moody. Meg Cabot has got a fourth grade girl's traumas and triumphs down pat. ( )

Like Meg Cabot? Wish she wrote a book your 8 year old could read? Here you go! ( )

Children's Literature
AGERANGE: Ages 7 to 12.
Allie Finkle is a fourth grader who enjoys subjects like science and math--they have specific rules to follow in order to get a correct answer or result. Other subjects such as English and well friendship are hard because there are not any set rules to make a good English paper or the perfect friend. That is why Allie has decided to come up with a book of rules for girls (such as "don't stick a spatula down your best friend's throat" or "don't put your cat in a suitcase"). If Allie writes down the rules, then she might be able to figure out how to be a good friend. The only problem is that her parents have decided that their family is moving. Now Allie has to juggle trying to sabotage the move (i.e. stopping the sale of their house) and try to keep up with her best friend, who hates her guts (she did stick the spatula down her throat). Allie's adventures are both humorous and entertaining. Elementary school readers will love Allie's quirky thought process as she navigates the world of best friends and neighborhood animal rights. With the first glance of Allie on the cover (who happens to look like a ten-year-old Mary Kate/Ashley Olsen), readers will fall in love with this spunky character. ( )

Allie Finkle's problem is that she doesn't want to move to spooky, dark, scary new house but she has to. But starting new was not a just bad idea. I suggest this book to people who likes to read about friendship, rules and girls. ( )