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The first rule of punk

Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) 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...

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Main Author: Pérez, Celia C., 1972- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking, 2017.
Subjects:
Individuality > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Punk rock music > Juvenile fiction.
Bands (Music) > Juvenile fiction.
Middle schools > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Twelve-year-old María Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malú) 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.
Physical Description: 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780425290422
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9780425290408
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Author Notes: Celia C. Perez is the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk , a 2018 Pura Belpre Author Honor Book. Celia is a longtime maker of zines inspired by her love of punk music and writing. Her favorite zine supplies are a long-arm stapler, glue sticks, and watercolor pencils. She'll never stop picking cilantro out of her food at restaurants, and she owns two sets of worry dolls because you can never have too many. Originally from Miami, Florida, Celia lives in Chicago with her family where she works as a community college librarian.

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