Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls is a series of novels by Meg Cabot the New York Times bestselling author that is best known for writing over 80 novels in the children's, young adult, and adult genres. Meg was born in Bloomington, Indiana but lived in Carmel, California and Grenoble in France before she moved to New York after getting her fine arts bachelors degree from Indiana University. She worked fro a decade at the New York University where she was assistant residence hall director an experience she chronicled in the Heather Wells mystery series. Some of her other successful series include The Boy is Back, Boy Next Door/Every Boy's Got One/Boy Meets Girl, Avalon High, and All-American Girl. Cabot's first ever adult series was Royal Wedding that was the first of the Princess Diaries series that came out in 2015 that was later followed by Notebook of a Middle School Princess that was targeted to younger readers. The Cabot books are fast paced romps that employ the spill the beans as you go style that many teenage works adopt. However, the novels come with a spirited fizz that she draws from her experiences as compared to her contemporaries that draw most of their material from research. In her Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls she writes fro middle graders while distilling that special theme of justice and fairness and having fun while at it. Meg Cabot remains the undisputed queen of the young adult and middle school genre, churning out characters with steady heads and attitude to burn. Her novels combine witty comebacks with urban culture in situations that will make her reads snort with glee. The Allie Finkle series that debuted in 2008 features Allie Finkle a nine year old child with the manner of deduction, keen fashion sense and an articulation that would put a thirty year old to shame. Finkle is a sassy, charming, and endearing protagonist who is wading through the tribulations of moving to a new school, a new home, and making new friends. Cabot writing in the Allie Finkle novels is spot on as it is peppered with funny incidents, wry humor and is never condescending. The novels of the Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls have a looser feel as compared to what Cabot typically writes. Writing for a younger demographic Meg mirrors the time warp experience that are so typical of childhood. For instance, Allie goes from playing Dollhouse with Mary to thinking about all the fantastic experiences that await her in her new house. The lead character in the Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls series of novels is a nine year old girl named Allie Finkle who tells the stories.
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The biggest headache for the fourth grader is that her parents have decided to move out of their nice house and neighborhood to go to a huge Victorian mansion that at first glance was a little bit creepy. It had these big and dark windows that she thought looked like massive eyes looking down on them. Worse still she has to leave behind Mary Kay Shiner her slightly annoying friend, her elementary school she was so used to and her geode collection. Its now up to Allie to adapt for the move and make the best of it once the family moves across town. In preparation for the move she makes a set of rules that form the titles of the novels in the Allie Finkle series. Some of these are very funny and comedic such as Dont put your cat in a suitcase and Dont Stick a spatula down your best friends throat. But when it comes to the life aspects such as friendship it becomes elusive given that you cannot make rules for the erratic nature of human relationships. Alongside Finkle are her Max and Kevin her two little brothers, Mrs. Hunter her beautiful new teacher, her uncle, her father and mother. Throughout the course of the series, Allie has to deal with a lot including the distractions that a typical nine year old has such as her new kitten, Rosemary the bully, and the spelling bee among others. Moving Day the first novel in the series introduces the lead character Allie Finkle a nine year old
The biggest headache for the fourth grader is that her parents have decided to move out of their nice house and neighborhood to go to a huge Victorian mansion that at first glance was a little bit creepy. It had these big and dark windows that she thought looked like massive eyes looking down on them. Worse still she has to leave behind Mary Kay Shiner her slightly annoying friend, her elementary school she was so used to and her geode collection. Its now up to Allie to adapt for the move and make the best of it once the family moves across town. In preparation for the move she makes a set of rules that form the titles of the novels in the Allie Finkle series. Some of these are very funny and comedic such as Dont put your cat in a suitcase and Dont Stick a spatula down your best friends throat. But when it comes to the life aspects such as friendship it becomes elusive given that you cannot make rules for the erratic nature of human relationships. Alongside Finkle are her Max and Kevin her two little brothers, Mrs. Hunter her beautiful new teacher, her uncle, her father and mother. Throughout the course of the series, Allie has to deal with a lot including the distractions that a typical nine year old has such as her new kitten, Rosemary the bully, and the spelling bee among others. Moving Day the first novel in the series introduces the lead character Allie Finkle a nine year old