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Moving Day (Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls #1)
by
Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)
#1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot's middle grade debut!
When nine-year-old Allie Finkle's parents announce that they are moving her and her brothers from their suburban split-level into an ancient Victorian in town, Allie's sure her life is over. She's not at all happy about having to give up her pretty pink wall-to-wall carpeting for creaky floorboards and cre
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When nine-year-old Allie Finkle's parents announce that they are moving her and her brothers from their suburban split-level into an ancient Victorian in town, Allie's sure her life is over. She's not at all happy about having to give up her pretty pink wall-to-wall carpeting for creaky floorboards and cre
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
March 1st 2008
by Scholastic Press
(first published 2008)
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i am really liking this book so far my favorite part was on page 2 when Allie stuck the spatula down Mary kay's throat that was one of the rules.I think that these are really funny.I just decided to read this because a girl in my class read it and said it was really good.And she's rigt so far.I think this book is realistic fiction because the events in this book could really happen to people.Like anyone could be moving.And anyone could get in a fight with their best friend.
November 18 2009
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This book is totally AWESOME!! I really, really like it and I bet I will like the other books! It was REALLY, REALLY GREAT!
I am impressed with Meg Cabot's voice in this series. She typically writes for teens, so I wasn't sure if her writing would translate well to the tween set, but I found Allie to be a pitch perfect tween. Her worries about friends, her new house, and school are all things that are important to tweens and Meg Cabot doesn't trivialize any of Allie's fears. They're all a big deal to her and that's ok and understandable.
I found that there was a lot happening in this novel-from Allie's worries about...more
I found that there was a lot happening in this novel-from Allie's worries about...more
I just finished reading the book Moving Day. I really loved the book. One reason I really liked this book was, because all the good rules she has for girls who problems like her. On rule#4 (treat your friends the way you'd want them to treat you)girls have problems with that too. Brittany Hauser treats her friends like animals,so her friends are scared of her, but they don't treat her the same way. On rule #9(if you don't want a secret spread around, don't tell it to Scott Stamphley). On Mary K...more
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Allie Finkle is none to pleased when her parents tell her they are moving to a new house in a different part of town. Not only will they be moving, but they will be moving into an ancient Victorian that is dark and gray and scary AND she will have to transfer to a new school, in the middle of the school year! What if she doesn't like any of the kids? Or worse yet, what if they don't like her? But when her parents offer her the opportunity to get a new kitten if she comes along peaceful...more
Allie Finkle is none to pleased when her parents tell her they are moving to a new house in a different part of town. Not only will they be moving, but they will be moving into an ancient Victorian that is dark and gray and scary AND she will have to transfer to a new school, in the middle of the school year! What if she doesn't like any of the kids? Or worse yet, what if they don't like her? But when her parents offer her the opportunity to get a new kitten if she comes along peaceful...more
I chose this book because from the cover it looked like an interesting book that I wouldn't be tired of and it actually turned out to be a very good book. The plot of this book is that out of no where her parents decided to move to another house that Allie did not like because she thought that the house was haunted, and that it had a zombie hand in the attic that Allie was really scared of. She also really didn't like the idea of moving because she had to change her school, lose her pink favori...more
Koska Prinsessäpäiväkirjat on jäänyt lukematta, tartuin tähän kirjaan.
Allie on 9-vuotian järjestelmälline tyttö, joka saa kuulla, että hänen perheensä muuttaa. Allie ei haluaisi vaihtaa kotia ja koulua, vaikkakin hänelle luvataan kissanpentu, josta hän ei ole edes osannut uneksia.
Allie rakastaa järjestystä ja kouluaineita, jotka ovat selkeitä. Kuten matematiikka ja biologia. Allie luo myös omia sääntöjä, joilla hän yrittää saada elämäänsä järjestykseen.
Allie on valmis tekemään mitä tahansa, jot...more
Allie on 9-vuotian järjestelmälline tyttö, joka saa kuulla, että hänen perheensä muuttaa. Allie ei haluaisi vaihtaa kotia ja koulua, vaikkakin hänelle luvataan kissanpentu, josta hän ei ole edes osannut uneksia.
Allie rakastaa järjestystä ja kouluaineita, jotka ovat selkeitä. Kuten matematiikka ja biologia. Allie luo myös omia sääntöjä, joilla hän yrittää saada elämäänsä järjestykseen.
Allie on valmis tekemään mitä tahansa, jot...more
I liked this book overall especially the subject matter. Meg Cabot's books all read in the same way, as a diary or inner monologue. She's created a new character that I'd love to see in film. There are just enough clues here that I'm sure it would be even better on screan. Cabot includes all those nine-year-old authentic loves like rocks, uncles and turtles. And she has the amazing ability to capture the real-to-life conversation of friends at any age. When the main character wishes for a new be...more
The first in a series of Allie Finkle's Rules for 7- to 10-year-old girls. Allie has to move, and she is NOT happy about it. She will have to leave her friends and become the New Girl, which is a scary idea. But even scarier is the 100-year-old falling-down Victorian house that her parents have bought. Allie's mom promises she can have a kitten when they move, which is the most awesome idea -- until Allie thinks about her creaky new bedroom on the 3rd floor, and the zombie hand which she is sure...more
My first book of Ms. Cabot’s was The Boy Next Door (which I loved and still recommend quite often) and from there I was introduced to the Heather Wells mystery series. I’ve enjoyed her books so much, that I spent most of my time last year reading her young adult collection. So when I heard she was working on a new children’s series, I was curious to know more about it.
Meet Allie Finkle. She’s nine years old, currently in the fourth grade, big sister to Mark and Kevin and best friends with Mary K...more
Meet Allie Finkle. She’s nine years old, currently in the fourth grade, big sister to Mark and Kevin and best friends with Mary K...more
I think this book was great I like the way the author, Meg Cabot, organized this book. It was in a perspective of a little girl named Allie, which is hard to write a book about someone that is not the same age as you. I'm sure she had to do a lot of research and think really deep about her childhood. The way they describe Allie is a really easy- to- get- person. When you tell Allie something she believes it like other children her age, especially coming from an adult. Allie's character is just l...more
Meg Cabot is the undisputed Queen of Ya-Lit. She has churned out feisty teens who have attitude-to-burn and steady-heads on their troubled shoulders. Her plot-lines entwine urban culture with witty comebacks and situations which actually make you snort with glee.
I have found that her books make fantastic gifts for preteens, teens and the odd discerning adult female friend. The Allie Finkle series has been out for quite some time now, but I never picked it up because somewhere I clung to the vain...more
I have found that her books make fantastic gifts for preteens, teens and the odd discerning adult female friend. The Allie Finkle series has been out for quite some time now, but I never picked it up because somewhere I clung to the vain...more
My middle started reading this independently and was thrilled to tell me about why the first rule was so true- never shove a spatula down your best friend's throat. We had selected this book from the library because my eldest and I had enjoyed Meg Cabot's Mediator series and this series was for my middle and youngest's age range. Usually we read together or I preread the books but my middle was SO excited to have a book that she could read independently, I let her read it first. After her glorio...more
I like this book very much because the main character has the same name as me, not only that, this book is very interesting. This book is talking about when a nine year old Allie Finkle's parents announced that they are moving, her brothers are pretty excited, but Allie is not. She is sad that she is leaving her friends from her old school, and sure she will miss them, they will miss Allie too! Also, she is not sure that she will like her new school, is her teacher mean? Will she get bullied? A...more
I read this after my 9 year old daughter recommended it. It was a great book with some fun rules outlined by the narrator, Allie. Her family is gettting ready to move and she is not sure its such a great idea, particularly because the new house is haunted.
I really enjoyed reading this book and discussing it with my daughter. Its odd to be past reading bedtime stories together - I miss that time quite a bit. I had assumed it was mostly the together time -- the snuggling on the bed together while...more
I really enjoyed reading this book and discussing it with my daughter. Its odd to be past reading bedtime stories together - I miss that time quite a bit. I had assumed it was mostly the together time -- the snuggling on the bed together while...more
Allie's parents make a horrible announcement one day. They are moviing from the sub-urbs to a house closer to their work. Moving means Allie is going to have to change schools and give up most of her rock collection. It also means saying goodbye to her best friend. So it is easy to understand that Allie fights her parents tooth and nail. She tries to sabotage the open house, as well as convince her family there is a ghost or something equally horrible living in the attic of the new home.
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Allie's parents make a horrible announcement one day. They are moviing from the sub-urbs to a house closer to their work. Moving means Allie is going to have to change schools and give up most of her rock collection. It also means saying goodbye to her best friend. So it is easy to understand that Allie fights her parents tooth and nail. She tries to sabotage the open house, as well as convince her family there is a ghost or something equally horrible living in the attic of the new home.
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Allie Finkle might make a lot of mistakes, but she tries her best to learn the Rules of getting along in life by writing them down in a book. The Rules range from reasonable to hilarious, such as "Don't stick a spatula down your best friend's throat," or "Listen politely whn a grow-up is telling you something, even if you already know it." Now that Allie's family is moving, the fear and anger she feels about the situation are making it harder than ever to keep to the Rules.
This is the first in t...more
This is the first in t...more
I read this book with my daughter and we both feel in love with it. I love the voice that Meg Cabot gives to her caracters, espicially Alley. She sounds like a real 4th grade girl. I should know, I live with one. Meg also does a wonderful job of capturing the real conserns of girls at that age. Unlike a lot of books for kids that creat worlds in which the kids are running around cities by themselves solving the worlds probelm, Allie Finkle's world is one where she has very little control over he...more
Allie Finkle might make a lot of mistakes, but she tries her best to learn the Rules of getting along in life by writing them down in a book. The Rules range from reasonable to hilarious, such as "Don't stick a spatula down your best friend's throat," or "Listen politely whn a grow-up is telling you something, even if you already know it." Now that Allie's family is moving, the fear and anger she feels about the situation are making it harder than ever to keep to the Rules.
This is the first in t...more
This is the first in t...more
I thought it was amazing!
One day, I was in my room looking for a good book to read on my bookshelf and read the first few pages of this book and didn't want to read it but then about 3 months later I stumbled across it again and I decided to read it and see if it was any good! I kept on reading and I read the whole book in about 3 days because I could not keep away from it, it was so good! I had to read the next book and the next because they were so good! I can also really relate to the series...more
One day, I was in my room looking for a good book to read on my bookshelf and read the first few pages of this book and didn't want to read it but then about 3 months later I stumbled across it again and I decided to read it and see if it was any good! I kept on reading and I read the whole book in about 3 days because I could not keep away from it, it was so good! I had to read the next book and the next because they were so good! I can also really relate to the series...more
Let me start by saying that I love reading Meg Cabot's books. I *get* her humor, her style, her stories -- they definitely match what I want to read. Which leads me to her series for younger readers... Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls. The intended audience is much younger than for the other Cabot books I read and I hesitated a bit in reading it. Would her writing style and humor still work with a lower interest level?
Allie is nine and in the fourth grade. Her life is thrown into chaos when her pa...more
Allie is nine and in the fourth grade. Her life is thrown into chaos when her pa...more
Apr 11, 2011
Sarah
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2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
grades 3-5
Recommended to Sarah by:
chick lit
Shelves:
children-realistic
In order to create some sense in her life, 9-year-old Allie Finkle decides to create a list of rules to live by, including such rules as: ‘Don’t stick a spatula down your best friend’s throat’, ‘Never eat anything red’, and ‘You can’t take your rocks with you.’
This list is even more helpful to Allie when she finds out that her family is moving to a huge, old house across town. She doesn’t want to move!...even though a Dairy Queen is right around the corner, she’ll be allowed to get a new pet kit...more
This list is even more helpful to Allie when she finds out that her family is moving to a huge, old house across town. She doesn’t want to move!...even though a Dairy Queen is right around the corner, she’ll be allowed to get a new pet kit...more
This was really cute! Allie Finkle is like a Clementine or a Ramona - feisty and funny, with a great family too. In this first book in the series, her parents announce that they're going to be moving. Allie is not at all sure she wants to relocate to a new school and house - especially a house that is old and creepy and potentially haunted. But she starts to have second thoughts when her friends at her current school all turn against her. There are some hilarious scenes such as when Allie steals...more
I thought this book was amazing (eh Ray!). I liked every one of this series. This is book one. There are five more books in this series. #2= The New Girl, #3=Best Friends and Drama Queens, #4= Stage Fright, #5=Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out and #6=Blast From the PastI thought that Allie was a unique indivudual. She seems nice. I would be her friend! I really dont't know why I liked this series but I just did. Ya kow how sometimes you really like something, and you don't know why? Well that...more
Good fun! Meg Cabot has created a really appealing kid in Allie Finkle. Allie finds out her parents are moving the family to a new family across town, and while it has many advantages--the move makes Allie nervous. Allie is ready to leave her annoying "best friends" and likes the kids in her new neighborhood. The new school seems great, and it is much closer to both her parents' jobs and the Dairy Queen. Yet, in moving, Allie will give up her bright modern house, for a gloomy large old one. And,...more
Allie Finkle is adorable! This combination tomboy/girlygirl 4th grader has a very authentic, down-to-earth voice. In this first book of the series, Allie learns that her family will be moving...into an old Victorian style house (that is possibly haunted). And one of Allie's rules is that you can't let your family move into a haunted house. (The book is full of rules to live by. Some practical and some just quirky Allie-funness). Her escapades with pets, friends, and family were very entertaining...more
Meg Cabot's first book for younger readers sounds a lot like her books for teens, but they're enjoyable in the same way, too - a light, breezy read with a protagonist whose girl-next-door vibe will have any reader feeling a connection to her. Allie Finkle's life is not predictable anymore: her parents have just announced that the family will be moving to a new house, & her best friend (who is admittedly a total cry-baby & kind of annoying, but still) is really angry at her. The new house...more
Cabot, Meg Allie Finkel’s Rules for Girls: Moving Day, 240 pages,Scholastic Press; Language~G, Sexual Content~G; Violence~G
In her first book for younger readers, Meg Cabot introduces readers to Allie Finkle. Allie is very content with her life. She has a BBF, well sort of. She likes her school, well sort of. Then out of the blue one day her parents decide to buy a run down, drafty, Victorian
home near the city. Allie begins to panic about moving away from her school and friends. She comes up wit...more
In her first book for younger readers, Meg Cabot introduces readers to Allie Finkle. Allie is very content with her life. She has a BBF, well sort of. She likes her school, well sort of. Then out of the blue one day her parents decide to buy a run down, drafty, Victorian
home near the city. Allie begins to panic about moving away from her school and friends. She comes up wit...more
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Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun...more
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