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Title Break these rules : 35 YA authors on speaking up, standing out, and being yourself / edited by Luke Reynolds
Published Chicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: 35 Ways to Be Who You Really Are; Be a Jock or a Nerd. Pick a Side. We're at War; Shhhhh; It's Better to Be Safe than Sorry; Listening Is a Waste of Time; Never Be Alone; Don't Tell; Don't Quit; Be Clean!; Never Talk about Religion; Follow the Money, Not Your Heart; Look Like a Magazine Cover; Don't Tell Lies; Pretend the Dark Stuff Isn't True; Don't Daydream; Go to College after High School; Be Cool; See Yourself through the Eyes of Others; Speak Up!; Always Sit in Your Assigned Seat; Be Normal
Don't Clash with the CrowdCompare Yourself to Others; Be Productive; Always Know Where You're Going; Don't Get Fat; Two Is Better than One; Follow the Directions; Grow Up. Be Serious; Boys Don't Cry; The Boy/Girl Rule; Be a Man; Dress Appropriately; There Are Firm Rules in Life; Don't Let the New World Change You; Me First; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; About the Editor; Back Cover
Summary 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, orthodoxyincluding 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 authorsincluding 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 Spacethis collection encourages individuality by breaking traditionally held norms, making it an ideal resource for tweens and teens
Subject Individuality -- Juvenile literature
Self-realization -- Juvenile literature
Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature
Individuality
Self-realization
Teenagers -- Conduct of life
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Literary Criticism & Collections.
Individuality
Self-realization
Teenagers -- Conduct of life
Teenagers -- Conduct of life.
Self-realization.
Individuality.
Genre/Form Juvenile works
Young adult literature.
Form Electronic book
Author Reynolds, Luke, 1980-
ISBN 9781613747858
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