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    Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself
    Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself
    Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself
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    Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself

    By Luke Reynolds

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    Middle grades and young adult authors speak candidly on the unspoken “rules” of adolescence in this collection of moving, inspiring, and often funny essays. This unique volume encourages readers to break with conformity and defy age-old, and typically inaccurate, orthodoxy—including such conventions as Boys can’t be gentle, kind, or caring; One must wear Abercrombie & Fitch in order to fit in; Girls should act like girls; and One must go to college after finishing high school. With contributions from acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning young adult authors—including Gary D. Schmidt, author of The Wednesday Wars; Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook; Sara Zarr, author of Story of a Girl; and Wendy Mass, author of A Mango-Shaped Space—this collection encourages individuality by breaking traditionally held norms, making it an ideal resource for tweens and teens.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChicago Review Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781613747872
    Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors on Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself
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    Luke Reynolds

    Luke Reynolds taught in public schools for many years before becoming an assistant professor of education at Endicott College. He is the author of the Fantastic Failures books, Surviving Middle School, The Looney Experiment, Braver Than I Thought, and the picture books If My Love Were a Fire Truck and Bedtime Blastoff!. He and his wife, Jennifer, have four sons, and they live in Massachusetts, where they endeavor to be outside and exploring as much as possible.

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