The Trouble with Rules
Synopsis:
Nadie and Nick have been best friends forever, but in fourth grade they discover a new, unwritten rule: boys and girls aren't friends. When Summer Crawford moves to town she is quick to show that she doesn't care much about those kinds of rules. She cheerily tries to outdo trouble-making Owen in his quest to be the Room 20 gross-out king, and sets in motion a chain of events that change everything for Nadie and Nick--and not for the better. Just when Nadie starts to think that boys and girls really can't be friends, some inline skates, spray paint, grocery crates and a potato change everything, once again.
(adapted from www.Peachtree-online.com)
Book Excerpt:
I kept checking on Owen, but he always just seemed to be concentrating on his job. Then I caught him. I saw him quickly scoop a pile of stuff from a trash can and dump it on the floor. He was making more messes for Summer to pick up. I heard Mrs. Wolfowitz and Mr. Jacobs laughing in the kitchen. I had to get Owen to stop before things got too out of hand. I mean, how much more trouble did he want us all to get into?
"Owen," I hissed.
Too late. Summer had seen him, too. she grabbed her dustpan and whisk broom and made a beeline for Owen. Now he was dumping trash piles as he went, dragging his bucket along with him and slopping water everywhere. This could only end in disaster. I shook my head. I waved my sponge. But I might as well have been invisible. They were on a collision course and the crash point was me.
Topics/Categories:
Entomology, Friendship, school
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Children's Books, Children's Fiction
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