The first rule of punk.
Written by Celia C. Pérez.
Puffin Books, 2018.
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!
Identity, trying to fit yourself into moulds – and be true
to yourself. Balancing the different parts of your identity, and people’s
expectations. The wonder in finding like-minded people – particularly sympathetic
adults.
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