The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heartfelt exploration of
friendship, finding your place, and learning to rock out like no
one’s watching.
There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new
school—you can’t fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck
Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want
to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School’s queen
bee, violates the school’s dress code with her punk rock look, and
disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who
now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better as long
as she remembers the first rule of punk: be yourself.
The real Malú loves
rock music, skateboarding, zines, and Soyrizo (hold the cilantro,
please). And when she assembles a group of like-minded misfits at
school and starts a band, Malú finally begins to feel at home.
She'll do anything to preserve this, which includes standing up to an
anti-punk school administration to fight for her right to express
herself!
Black and white
illustrations and collage art throughout make The First Rule of
Punk a perfect pick for fans of books like Roller Girl and online
magazines like Rookie.