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    Rules to Rock By

    By Josh Farrar

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    You'd never guess it now, but Annabelle Cabrera used to be a rock star. And not like her mom or dad called her a "total rock star" after she won a spelling bee or something. She was a real rock star, the bassist of Egg Mountain, the most popular band in the New York music scene. But when her parents uproot her from Brooklyn and move her to Rhode Island so they can record their own album, Annabelle feels lost. Starting a new band isn't as easy as she'd hoped, the school's rival band is a bunch of bullies, and her parents are so immersed in recording that they're completely neglecting Annabelle and her younger brother. How can Annabelle truly make herself heard?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 1, 2010
    ISBN9780802721976
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    Rules to Rock By
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    Josh Farrar

    Josh Farrar is the author of Rules to Rock By and A Song for Bijou. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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    • 5/5
      Final Grade: 96/A256 pagesYA ContemporaryAvailable NowReview copy purchasedRecommend to students: A resounding YES!REVIEW: Oh, I really, really liked this story. Annabelle Cabrera is such a fun character--she's bright, driven and spunky (oh, wait...don't call her spunky, she hates that). And I feel so bad for her at the beginning of the book. She had a really good thing going back in Brooklyn with her grandmother to take care of her while her parents are off doing their band thing. The parents' indie band, Bennie and Joon, is Dad's main focus and Mom's focus is Dad, leaving little room for the kids. This was okay when they lived with their grandmother but not good at all when they're stuck up in Providence, RI. One cannot live on chocolate chip pancakes alone, no matter how tasty.Plus, and possibly most tragic, Annabelle has no one to rock out with! Back in NY, she was part of an up-and-coming band, one that was going places, one with fans as far away as Japan. But in RI, nothing. She's bound and determined to form her own band, with her as bassist and lead singer, and to write her own songs, too. That's more difficult that she expects, especially with an already-established rock band of 8th graders who also like to beat kids up and steal their lunch money.The author brings his experience and knowledge of the music scene and of playing music to the story, which adds another dimension to it. I love how into music Annabelle is, how she goes about finding people who feel the same as she does, and how she finds support for her efforts from her ex-bandmate, who gives her the Rules to Rock By.My only quibble is that these kids seemed older than sixth grade. The sixth graders I taught, especially at the beginning of the year, are more like elementary kids, pretty immature and nowhere as confident as Annabelle and her friends. I saw them more as eighth or ninth graders (which may not sound like a lot but it *really* is, especially in middle school). However, that's just me. I know there are mature 11 and 12 year olds out there but they're few and far between (despite what they think!). But this such a minor thing, it doesn't change the tone or tenor of the story (notice the music reference? heehee).I'm adding this one to my list of favorite summer reads for 2010 'cause it totally rocks! (Sorry, it had to be said.)
    • 4/5
      Annabella Cabrera tries to start a rock band at her new middle school in Providence, Rhode Island, but has trouble when the members of a rival band bully her and she develops a case of writer's block.