{"product_id":"break-these-rules-9781613747841","title":"Break These Rules","description":"If you're a girl, you should strive to look like the model on the cover of a magazine. If you're a boy, you should play sports \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e be good at them. If you're smart, you should immediately go to college after high school, and get a job that makes you rich. Above all, be normal.Right? \u003ci\u003eWrong\u003c\/i\u003e, say 35 leading middle grade and young adult authors. Growing up is challenging enough; it doesn't have to be complicated by convoluted, outdated, or even cruel rules, both spoken and unspoken. Parents, peers, teachers, the media, and the rest of society sometimes have impossible expectations of teenagers. These restrictions can limit creativity, break spirits, and demand that teens sacrifice personality for popularity. In these personal, funny, moving, and poignant essays, Kathryn Erskine (\u003ci\u003eMockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e), Matthew Quick (\u003ci\u003eThe Silver Linings Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e), Gary D. Schmidt (\u003ci\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003c\/i\u003e), Sara Zarr (\u003ci\u003eStory of a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e), and many others share anecdotes and lessons learned from their own lives in order to show you that some rules just beg to be broken.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuke Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e has taught middle school and high school English in Connecticut and Massachusetts, as well as composition at Northern Arizona University. He is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eBurned In \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDedicated to the People of Darfur \u003c\/i\u003eand the author of \u003ci\u003eA Call to Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKeep Calm and Query On\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA New Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eArizona Daily Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHartford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Courant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMutuality \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eSonora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTucson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWriter\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183235006738,"sku":"9781613747841","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d5e4edd-a7c3-48f4-a672-421a63bb4eac.jpg?v=1744459185","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/break-these-rules-9781613747841","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}