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Allie returns with new rules in the sixth book of the acclaimed series!
Allie's excited about her class field trip. Sure, it's to a historic one-room schoolhouse, built back before there was the Internet or even cell phones, and Allie's teacher is encouraging everyone to dress up in old timey costumes, which some of Allie's friends are actually doing. GAH! But at least she gets to ride on a bus, which she's never gets to do, living so close to school that she actually has to walk there every day!
But then Mrs. Hunter announces that every student in Room 209 has been assigned a "buddy" for the day--from Allie's old 4th grade class at Walnut Knolls Elementary School, with whom Pine Heights Elementary is pairing up for the trip. And Allie's buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend Mary Kay, who betrayed Allie right before she moved! Allie is going to have to spend a whole day sharing an old-timey desk with a big crybaby!
Author Notes
Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana on February 1, 1967. She recieved a fine arts degree from Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City, intent upon pursuing a career in freelance illustration. Illustrating, however, soon got in the way of Meg's true love, writing, and so she abandoned it and got a job as the assistant manager of an undergraduate dormitory at New York University, and writing on the weekends.
Meg wrote both The Princess Diaries and The Mediator: Shadowland (under the name Jenny Carroll), the first books in two series for young adults which happen to be about, among other things, teenage girls dealing with unsettling family issues. Her latest book is entitled, Insatiable.
Meg now writes full time, and lives in Key West, Florida with her husband.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Horn Book Review
Allie's excitement about her first field trip is short-lived after Mrs. Hunter announces that Room 209 will visit boring, old-timey Honeypot Prairie--along with Allie's old class, including her mean ex-best friend. As in the previous five books, Allie's wacky yet sweet-natured rules (such as "Don't go on a walkabout on people who are in distress") propel a humorous school story. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Allie's first school field trip, a visit to a pioneer village, takes a surprising twist when her fourth-grade class shares a school bus with the fourth-grade class from her old school. The number of mean girls rises dramatically, and Allie becomes a target, but by sticking to her rules, she manages surprisingly well. Sometimes wryly amusing, this first-person chapter book from the Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series captures the day-to-day thoughts of this well-intentioned narrator, from the low points of self-deluded reflection to the high points of selfless action. As always, Allie's most recent list of rules is appended.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
