Simone Breaks All the Rules

Written by Debbie Rigaud

Narrated by Debbie Rigaud

Simone Thibodeaux is about to switch things up.

Check her life: It’s sealed in a boy-proof container. Her Haitian immigrant parents send Simone to an all-girls high school and enforce strict no-dating rules. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: Her parents will select her
date (a boy from a nice, Haitian immigrant family, obviously).

Simone is desperate to avoid the setup—especially since she has a serious crush on another boy. It’s time to take action. Simone and her fellow late-bloomer friends make a senior year bucket list of all the wild things they haven’t done yet.
Like: go out dancing, skip class (what), and, oh yeah—decide their own prom destinies.

But as the list takes on a life of its own, things get much messier than Simone expected. Can she figure out which rules are worth breaking and which might save her from heartbreak?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jun 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781980097068

Debbie Rigaud

YA author Debbie M. Rigaud began her writing career covering news and entertainment for magazines. She’s interviewed celebs, politicians, social figures and “real” girls. Her writing has appeared in Seventeen, CosmoGIRL!, Essence, J-14, Trace, Heart &Soul and VIBE VIXEN, to name a few. Her first YA fiction writing is published in the omnibus HALLWAY DIARIES/KimaniTru Press/September 2007. She currently lives in Bermuda.

Reviews for Simone Breaks All the Rules

[Tamara Hayes · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Really great story about coming into your own identity with parents that mean well but it doesn't always feel that way. The audible story sounds great and I love the expression of the Haitian culture. It truly is an enjoyable tale.