I Hate Rules!

Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo #5

by Nancy E. Krulik

Katie Carew (nicknamed Katie Kazoo by the class bully) always wished that she could be anyone but herself. Now her wish has come true - and she keeps turning into other people!

When Katie gets caught breaking the rules, first passing a note, and later with a cell phone (that isn't even her's!), she loses her recess for the day. She's had it with the school rules! When she turns into the principal, Mr. Kane, she makes a new rule - that there are no rules! Things get out of hand and Katie turns back into herself before she can fix things. The real Mr. Kane loses his job because the parents and teachers are so angry. Will Katie be able to make things right and get Mr. Kane his job back?

Illustrated by John and Wendy.

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade, School, Audiobook

76 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Tracie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Silly, fantasy

[Abby Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of the Katie Kazoo books would be so fitting to read in a 3rd to 4th grade classroom.

[Julie Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun/entertaining boo to read!

[Kelsie Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I remember really enjoying this one as a kid. As a future teacher the thought of being principal for a day was fascinating. Now as a substitute, this was cute to read. Rules are important!

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Who needs skool rools?

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids and I really enjoyed this book. It prompted great questions about rules. Good rules, bad rules. And what would they do if they were principal.
Fun series!

[Alexza Beltre · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like it because it shows how children grow and learn quickly. on page 26 katie become a grow up so fast for just a simple mistake, but at the same time she is having fun living the life of a grow up is a experience that she will never ever forget. on page 68 katie have fun telling the truth and supporting her friends and teachers and by that, she learn to be responsible. you will like this book if you like to have fun but to be in point all the time, to live pretty experiences but to not forget about the rules. one challenge of this book was when katie in the boby of the teacher have to do everything, that at the moment she dont know and have to answer questions from the other teachers. througth the story katie's voices change and become stronger and the setting change too, sometimes it was at the school,park,houses or even streets. on page 32 it shows that katie is not afraid because she told the kids that they were no rules which means that there as no rule that says that they have to be in class, so all kids run out of classes and they said they will never come back again

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book and how it showed why rules are important. I did not like how she was affected by a wish on a shooting star, it made for random transitions, but it was important for the story line. I like how it lists the rules for the games in the last chapter of the book. I would ask my students what they would do if they were principal. I would also ask them why rules are important and what rules they think should exist for our classroom. I loved the illustrations in this book.

Interest Level http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bo...
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 2.8
Lexile® Measure: 530L
DRA: 24
Guided Reading: M
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Series
Fantasy

Resource: http://www.katiekazoo.com/printables....

[Jordan Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel this is a good book to teach children how important they are as themselves. They don't need, or shouldn't need, to be anyone else. I feel it is also a good book for teaching the importance of rules! Many children feel that rules are for "just being mean" and this book really teaches their importance.

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is about an ordaniary third grader except for one very huge problem!!! She accidently wished on a shotting star to be anybody but herself. But what katie didnt know is that wishes do really come trueand in the strangest's ways....

[Sadie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book and the moral of the story and how everything was explained . I use to read this book almost everyday, over and over again in the 3rd grade . And i still have the book somewhere . ^_^ I would recommend this book to anyone, although it's for little kids ! :D

[Abbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, I liked how the magic wind turned Katie into Mr. Kane, the principal and Katie made it so there were no rules. The next day when the real Mr. Kane came, the parents were shouting at him and almost fired him! But Katie saves the day!

[Dave Klapwyk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book it is very exiting especially for kids like me!!!!!! Don't all kids love to have no rules?! The moral is that rules are very important at schools or anyplace else. That's my comment

[benie m · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book (like most Katie Kazoo books) was quick and simple. I decided that I would read for an hour and finished this in 30/25 min. tops. Poor Katie got turned into her Principal, but as always it had a good ending.

[Katy · Rating 3 out of 5]

rules are made for a reason. ( well, most of them)

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, familiar story. Not very original, but will get some little girls into reading.

[Damaris · Rating 1 out of 5]

eww i had to read this to help my lil sis and her book report

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

i liked this book but it was a little bit immature

[Maura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book - great way to teach my 7 yr old some good lessons in a a fun way. I wil try more books from this author.

[Natalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

you have to love Katie : )

[Tierra Garr · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book and so did my children. Katie Kazoo turns in to different people, and you will be surprised who she turns into after getting in trouble from breaking the school rules!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read Aloud. My daughter enjoyed it.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was good, funny and silly.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

katie breaks 2 rules and mr.kane loses his job because the parents and teachers are mad.

[Evita · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was kind of boring and I don't recommend these books to anyone.

[Samantha Parke]

It is cool

[Tania · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rules are important!