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Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls #6
Blast from the Past
Allie returns with new rules in the sixth book of the acclaimed series!
Allie's excited about her class field trip. Sure, it's to a historic one-room schoolhouse, built back before there was the Internet or even cell phones, and Allie's teacher is encouraging everyone to dress up in old timey costumes, which some of Allie's friends are actually doing. GAH! But at least she gets to ride on a bus, which she's never gets to do, living so close to school that she actually has to walk there every day!
But then Mrs. Hunter announces that every student in Room 209 has been assigned a "buddy" for the day--from Allie's old 4th grade class at Walnut Knolls Elementary School, with whom Pine Heights Elementary is pairing up for the trip. And Allie's buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend Mary Kay, who betrayed Allie right before she moved! Allie is going to have to spend a whole day sharing an old-timey desk with a big crybaby!
Allie's excited about her class field trip. Sure, it's to a historic one-room schoolhouse, built back before there was the Internet or even cell phones, and Allie's teacher is encouraging everyone to dress up in old timey costumes, which some of Allie's friends are actually doing. GAH! But at least she gets to ride on a bus, which she's never gets to do, living so close to school that she actually has to walk there every day!
But then Mrs. Hunter announces that every student in Room 209 has been assigned a "buddy" for the day--from Allie's old 4th grade class at Walnut Knolls Elementary School, with whom Pine Heights Elementary is pairing up for the trip. And Allie's buddy just happens to be her ex-best friend Mary Kay, who betrayed Allie right before she moved! Allie is going to have to spend a whole day sharing an old-timey desk with a big crybaby!
240 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 2010
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About the author
Meg Cabot
198 books35.5k followersLibrarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.
She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.
Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.
Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.
Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
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July 7, 2011
I hope Meg Cabot makes more books in these series!
August 31, 2020
Between 4 and 3 stars. All Ally did was complain and ALL the books in the series were so predictable (including this one.) Ally is so spoiled and takes things for granted.
July 21, 2022
Le tome 6 Le carnet d’Allie : La sortie est bon. 3.5⭐️
Chaque roman à beaucoup de bonnes leçons. Allie vais à sa première sortie d’école , imagine qu’elle classe vont avec sa classe ? Elle se débrouille très bien et protège un autre camarade.
Chaque roman à beaucoup de bonnes leçons. Allie vais à sa première sortie d’école , imagine qu’elle classe vont avec sa classe ? Elle se débrouille très bien et protège un autre camarade.
March 4, 2024
Je suis contente de savoir qu'elle préfère son chat à un portable.
March 3, 2024
A nice ending for the series. We got to see everything mesh and got to see all the similar people in allie’s life all together. Wish we got a conclusion on what happened to scott and why he was nice
All we get from courtney is a smile on the bus. I wish we got more!! We were reminded about their friendship and then just don’t talk about it
Similarly, we didn’t really get a mention of mewsie for 2-3 and now he’s a center point again. Weird
**Apparently there are 3 more books in this series but only available in french. Since i do know quite a bit of french, i wish i could find them somewhere. That would be so cool to have the full collection**
- Wants to use chore money to buy a cell phone
- Class field trip
- Never got to go on a field trip. Friend suggested turning in allie’s permission slip but then didn’t
- Ms hunters boyfriend came and threw pebbles at the window
- Offer extra credit to dress in Prairie times clothes
- Share a bus with allie’s old class
- Rot in the house is becoming bad
- Allie could see a card sent with flowers to ms hunter. Could only read the name
- Nightgowns and aprons to look old timey
- Can’t find mewsie
- He’s in the wall!
- Try to lure him out with cat treats but ran but in as soon as allie showed back up
- Cheyenne shows up dressed like belle from beauty and the beast
- Ms hunter is engaged
- Rosemary stands up and intimidates brittany
- Joey threw up. Allie defends him. Everyone says they’re dating
- All the mean girls ended up on the same team as allie. Most likely trades…
- Ms hunter knows everyone traded so makes everyone buddies with people they don’t want
- Allie is surprised to see scott has changed to not be troublesome anymore
- George washington wrote a book of rules!
- Fight over which school is better
- Mary kay was stung by a bee
- Ms Hunter and ms myers both think allie is a good influence
- When allie got home mewsie was out
Chapter rules:
1. No cell phones until you’re in the sixth grade
2. Cheyenne o’malley is the most popular girl in room 209, and probably in the whole world… at least in her own mind
3. Asking teachers about their boyfriends is against the rules
4. Living history museums are just awful
5. When you’re feeling bad, the worst thing you can do is inflict your bad mood on others
6. You should never read other people’s private correspondence
7. It’s very rude to call someone a troglodyte
8. Nothing else matters when you’ve lost the one thing you care about more than anything else in the whole world
9. Make sure your little brothers don’t do stupid things
10. It’s rude to tell someone they look like a French poodle unless they are, in fact, a french poodle
11. If you can’t say something nice, just keep your mouth shut
12. Old things bring nothing but trouble
13. No getting up while the bus is in motion
14. It’s important to make a big entrance
15. Tattling on people is kind of mean unless it’s for a good reason
16. Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest
17. Use no reproachful language against any one, neither curse nor revile (don’t be mean to people)
18. Show nothing to your friend that may affright him (don’t scare your friends)
19. If you don’t work together, you’ll never finish your wigwam
20. Don’t start what you can’t finish. Always keep your promises. (Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise
Other rules:
- It’s important to be nice to your neighbors
- Losing electronic devices is irresponsible
- Ignorance is the law is no excuse
- No one goes in the wall
- Moms done snap too often. But when they do, you had better stop whatever you were doing wrong, if you know what’s good for you
- If you’ve earned the money, you should be able to spend it on whatever you want
- If you have to walk your little brother to and from kindergarten every day, you should be considered responsible enough to have a cell phone
- When a teacher like ms. Hunter says she has an announcement, you know it’s going yo be something exciting
- Don’t trust something important (such as handing in a permission slip) to someone flaky (and mean)
- If there’s going to be a field trip and allie finkle is scheduled to go on it, you can just count her out
- Boys do weird things to show girls that they like them, such as try to wipe boogers on them
- Extra credit is always nice to have, just in case
- Never go to a birthday party given by the most popular girl in your old school just because her mother has rented a limo to take you there. It will NOT turn out well
- If you don’t keep wounds clean, they could become infected, and then might become gangrenous and you could die
- If you want to fix the leaks and kill the dry rot going inside your walls, you’re going to have to replace a lot of shingles
- No slamming doors
- It’s always good practice for when you’re famous
- It’s always better to lie if that lie makes someone feel better
- If you went somewhere and had a terrible time, maybe tone it down a little when you’re describing it to people later, or they might blow it out of proportion, and then it could come back to haunt you
- You can’t wear a nightgown to school
- No finkle kid can go on the roof
- None of us has any idea how truly awful things can get
- Anyone who would fall for kevin’s cute face is not to be trusted
- All that matters are the people - and pets - you love
- Never eat anything red
- The best way to keep people from talking about a certain subject is not to bring it up yourself
- Bullying is still wrong, even when it’s being done to someone who is a bully herself
- You can’t have enough buddies
- No trading team assignments
- If you’re caught trading team assignments, the punishment will be severe
- It’s wrong to hate people
- Taking a walkabout when someone needs you is just about the most irresponsible thing you can do
- Every action done in company, ought to be with some sign of respect, to those that are present (when you’re in the company of others, you ought yo be respectful and courteous of them)
- When in company, put not your hand to any part if the body, not usually discovered (when you’re with other people, do not stick your hands down your pants or finger up your nose)
- Show nothing to your friend that may affright him (don’t scare your friends)
- Appear calm in the face of a medical emergency
- You should always lie and tell someone they look great when they’ve just been stung in the face by a bee
- When you’ve been fighting with a friend for so long you can barely remember why anymore, and she suddenly says she’s sorry, you should say you’re sorry, too
- Don’t go on a walkabout on people who are in distress
- It’s okay to lie if it means someone’s feelings won’t get hurt
- You never want to be the person to throw up on the bus
All we get from courtney is a smile on the bus. I wish we got more!! We were reminded about their friendship and then just don’t talk about it
Similarly, we didn’t really get a mention of mewsie for 2-3 and now he’s a center point again. Weird
**Apparently there are 3 more books in this series but only available in french. Since i do know quite a bit of french, i wish i could find them somewhere. That would be so cool to have the full collection**
- Wants to use chore money to buy a cell phone
- Class field trip
- Never got to go on a field trip. Friend suggested turning in allie’s permission slip but then didn’t
- Ms hunters boyfriend came and threw pebbles at the window
- Offer extra credit to dress in Prairie times clothes
- Share a bus with allie’s old class
- Rot in the house is becoming bad
- Allie could see a card sent with flowers to ms hunter. Could only read the name
- Nightgowns and aprons to look old timey
- Can’t find mewsie
- He’s in the wall!
- Try to lure him out with cat treats but ran but in as soon as allie showed back up
- Cheyenne shows up dressed like belle from beauty and the beast
- Ms hunter is engaged
- Rosemary stands up and intimidates brittany
- Joey threw up. Allie defends him. Everyone says they’re dating
- All the mean girls ended up on the same team as allie. Most likely trades…
- Ms hunter knows everyone traded so makes everyone buddies with people they don’t want
- Allie is surprised to see scott has changed to not be troublesome anymore
- George washington wrote a book of rules!
- Fight over which school is better
- Mary kay was stung by a bee
- Ms Hunter and ms myers both think allie is a good influence
- When allie got home mewsie was out
Chapter rules:
1. No cell phones until you’re in the sixth grade
2. Cheyenne o’malley is the most popular girl in room 209, and probably in the whole world… at least in her own mind
3. Asking teachers about their boyfriends is against the rules
4. Living history museums are just awful
5. When you’re feeling bad, the worst thing you can do is inflict your bad mood on others
6. You should never read other people’s private correspondence
7. It’s very rude to call someone a troglodyte
8. Nothing else matters when you’ve lost the one thing you care about more than anything else in the whole world
9. Make sure your little brothers don’t do stupid things
10. It’s rude to tell someone they look like a French poodle unless they are, in fact, a french poodle
11. If you can’t say something nice, just keep your mouth shut
12. Old things bring nothing but trouble
13. No getting up while the bus is in motion
14. It’s important to make a big entrance
15. Tattling on people is kind of mean unless it’s for a good reason
16. Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest
17. Use no reproachful language against any one, neither curse nor revile (don’t be mean to people)
18. Show nothing to your friend that may affright him (don’t scare your friends)
19. If you don’t work together, you’ll never finish your wigwam
20. Don’t start what you can’t finish. Always keep your promises. (Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise
Other rules:
- It’s important to be nice to your neighbors
- Losing electronic devices is irresponsible
- Ignorance is the law is no excuse
- No one goes in the wall
- Moms done snap too often. But when they do, you had better stop whatever you were doing wrong, if you know what’s good for you
- If you’ve earned the money, you should be able to spend it on whatever you want
- If you have to walk your little brother to and from kindergarten every day, you should be considered responsible enough to have a cell phone
- When a teacher like ms. Hunter says she has an announcement, you know it’s going yo be something exciting
- Don’t trust something important (such as handing in a permission slip) to someone flaky (and mean)
- If there’s going to be a field trip and allie finkle is scheduled to go on it, you can just count her out
- Boys do weird things to show girls that they like them, such as try to wipe boogers on them
- Extra credit is always nice to have, just in case
- Never go to a birthday party given by the most popular girl in your old school just because her mother has rented a limo to take you there. It will NOT turn out well
- If you don’t keep wounds clean, they could become infected, and then might become gangrenous and you could die
- If you want to fix the leaks and kill the dry rot going inside your walls, you’re going to have to replace a lot of shingles
- No slamming doors
- It’s always good practice for when you’re famous
- It’s always better to lie if that lie makes someone feel better
- If you went somewhere and had a terrible time, maybe tone it down a little when you’re describing it to people later, or they might blow it out of proportion, and then it could come back to haunt you
- You can’t wear a nightgown to school
- No finkle kid can go on the roof
- None of us has any idea how truly awful things can get
- Anyone who would fall for kevin’s cute face is not to be trusted
- All that matters are the people - and pets - you love
- Never eat anything red
- The best way to keep people from talking about a certain subject is not to bring it up yourself
- Bullying is still wrong, even when it’s being done to someone who is a bully herself
- You can’t have enough buddies
- No trading team assignments
- If you’re caught trading team assignments, the punishment will be severe
- It’s wrong to hate people
- Taking a walkabout when someone needs you is just about the most irresponsible thing you can do
- Every action done in company, ought to be with some sign of respect, to those that are present (when you’re in the company of others, you ought yo be respectful and courteous of them)
- When in company, put not your hand to any part if the body, not usually discovered (when you’re with other people, do not stick your hands down your pants or finger up your nose)
- Show nothing to your friend that may affright him (don’t scare your friends)
- Appear calm in the face of a medical emergency
- You should always lie and tell someone they look great when they’ve just been stung in the face by a bee
- When you’ve been fighting with a friend for so long you can barely remember why anymore, and she suddenly says she’s sorry, you should say you’re sorry, too
- Don’t go on a walkabout on people who are in distress
- It’s okay to lie if it means someone’s feelings won’t get hurt
- You never want to be the person to throw up on the bus
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February 1, 2019
"The truth is, nothing else matters when you realize you might have lost the one thing you care about more than anything else in the whole world." (Allie Finkle)
I'm obviously not the intended target market for the Allie Finkle Rules for Girls series (and this series does feel too young for me), but if I was still 9 years old, I'm sure that I would have adored this series.
In Blast from the Past, Allie is excited to hear that her class is going on a field trip. However, when she hears that her old class is joining her new one, is paired with her ex-best friend, Mary Kay Shiner, and has to spend a lot of time with her enemy, Brittany Hauser, her excitement begins to diminish. Everything comes full circle in Blast from the Past.
Meg Cabot knows how to write a book series from a 9 year old girl's PoV. Allie Finkle is a likable, brave and strong-willed main character who stands up for herself and always tries to do the right thing. Allie's fears, doubts, insecurities and drama aren't brushed aside or dealt with in a condescending manner just because she's 9 years old. Instead, they are validated and Allie learns so many important life lessons along the way.
I recommend the Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series to preteens and tweens. Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls is fun, light-hearted, has an extremely relatable main character and includes a bunch of life lessons.
November 6, 2012
Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com
Allie Finkle's class is going on a field trip. She's never been on a field trip before - she either gets sick or something happens to prevent her from going. She's so excited to ride a bus for the first time, since she lives close enough to school to walk.
Then she finds out they're going to Honeypot Prairie, a one-room school house. Allie doesn't think it sounds amazing, but she's still excited about the trip until she realizes that their class will be joined by Ms. Myers's fourth grade class.
Allie can't believe her ears - that's the class she would have been in if her parents didn't move. It's also the class with all the girls from the horrible birthday party she just attended. Now, Allie's dreading her field trip.
When her two worlds come together, things spiral out of control. Allie desperately wants to make things right, but she also must make some tough choices. Can Allie be as responsible as she'd like to be, or will she just go with the crowd?
This is the sixth book in the ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS series, and I loved watching Allie's worlds collide as she scrambled to fit them together. Allie's fresh, fun, sweet, and the perfect read for younger girls.
Allie Finkle's class is going on a field trip. She's never been on a field trip before - she either gets sick or something happens to prevent her from going. She's so excited to ride a bus for the first time, since she lives close enough to school to walk.
Then she finds out they're going to Honeypot Prairie, a one-room school house. Allie doesn't think it sounds amazing, but she's still excited about the trip until she realizes that their class will be joined by Ms. Myers's fourth grade class.
Allie can't believe her ears - that's the class she would have been in if her parents didn't move. It's also the class with all the girls from the horrible birthday party she just attended. Now, Allie's dreading her field trip.
When her two worlds come together, things spiral out of control. Allie desperately wants to make things right, but she also must make some tough choices. Can Allie be as responsible as she'd like to be, or will she just go with the crowd?
This is the sixth book in the ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES FOR GIRLS series, and I loved watching Allie's worlds collide as she scrambled to fit them together. Allie's fresh, fun, sweet, and the perfect read for younger girls.
January 1, 2012
I love Allie Finkle. If she were real, I’d want her as my best friend. In this sixth novel, Allie is trying to prove that she is responsible enough to have a cell phone, even though her parents have told her not until she’s 16. The blast from the past develops when Allie finds out that she will see her ex-best friend, Mary Kay, on an upcoming field trip that neither one will ever forget. The trip is to a local living history museum. Allie has been looking forward to the trip ever since she found out about it. The day before the trip, her beloved cat gets stuck in the wall of her house while it is undergoing renovation and Allie no longer wants to go on the trip. Her mother makes her go anyway. How awful then for her to have gotten onto the bus that morning, only to have her problems compounded by being made fun of by the bullies from her previous school. As much as Allie can deal with the taunts, she draws the line when the bullies start picking on one of her classmates. Allie stands up for herself and others and always does the right thing, whether she wants to or not. In an unexpected turn of events, Allie stands by Mary Kay when everyone else turned their backs to her. In my opinion, she rules!
February 19, 2011
Allie Finkle has never been on a school field trip. At her previous school, her class went to the children’s museum (which included a Barbie exhibit!) and Allie was beyond excited about. Her then BFF Mary Kay suggested Allie give her signed permission slip to Mary Kay because Allie may lose it. So of course Allie did. On the day of the field trip, Mary Kay accidentally on purpose forgot to hand Allie’s in. So Allie had to spend the day at school while the rest of her class went on a fun day to the museum.
When Allie’s teacher Ms. Hunter announced the class would go on a field trip, Allie was thrilled! This time she would hand in her permission slip! And the best part is the class would have to take a school bus there! Allie walks to school so she’s never been on a school bus before. Unfortunately Allie’s excitement is short lived when she learns her former school will also be joining in on their field trip. Which means she will have to see Mary Kay and other the mean girls from her former school. To make matters even worse, Mary Kay is assigned to be her buddy! Can anything good come from this day?
3.5 Stars
When Allie’s teacher Ms. Hunter announced the class would go on a field trip, Allie was thrilled! This time she would hand in her permission slip! And the best part is the class would have to take a school bus there! Allie walks to school so she’s never been on a school bus before. Unfortunately Allie’s excitement is short lived when she learns her former school will also be joining in on their field trip. Which means she will have to see Mary Kay and other the mean girls from her former school. To make matters even worse, Mary Kay is assigned to be her buddy! Can anything good come from this day?
3.5 Stars
February 14, 2011
In the sixth book of the Allie Finkle series, Allie is excited about an upcoming field trip with her class even though her class is matched up with the class from her old school. Even worse, Allie is partnered up with her ex-best friend, who betrayed her on the 3rd grade field trip a year ago. Can the two groups work together and overcome their differences?
When I first read the inside cover of the book, I wondered how a whole book could have been about a field trip, but I shouldn’t have underestimated Meg Cabot. This book was my favorite Allie Finkle book yet. Allie learns to stand up for people who are being bullied and how she has to work together with those she doesn’t like. As always, the book is full of Meg Cabot’s unique voice, making the characters come alive.
My favorite part was Allie discovering that George Washington kept a rule book just like she does with important life rules.
When I first read the inside cover of the book, I wondered how a whole book could have been about a field trip, but I shouldn’t have underestimated Meg Cabot. This book was my favorite Allie Finkle book yet. Allie learns to stand up for people who are being bullied and how she has to work together with those she doesn’t like. As always, the book is full of Meg Cabot’s unique voice, making the characters come alive.
My favorite part was Allie discovering that George Washington kept a rule book just like she does with important life rules.
July 7, 2011
This was the last book in the series! I was so sad to finish this book because it was the last one! It was a good finale (I guess), but it wasnt the best ending. It was a very good book though. I recommend this book for ages 9 and up.
January 24, 2016
Its kind of sad that all good book series have to end. I hate finishing a series, because I just get attached to the world. This series was a good one, I have to admit. It was sad that it all concluded with a field trip, though.
August 29, 2010
Cute book for the late elementary/middle school crowd. Some LOL funny lines. A little bit of a moral, but not too preachy.
September 21, 2012
THE ALLIE FINKLE SEIRES WAS THE BEST! FOR ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT DONT LIKE TO READ, AFTER YOU READ THIS YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH READING!
September 29, 2012
Meg Cabot certainly understands 4th graders and their dramas. This was an excellent book.
November 17, 2013
If Allie were real, let's just say that she'd be an awesome friend to have. That's just how well the author has described her and built her character. Allie, come to life!
February 4, 2026
Blast from the Past: Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls (Updated)
Allie has saved up 36.00 and thinks she’s going to buy a cell phone. (No comment). Her Uncle Jay reminds her that she can’t have a cell phone until she’s in the sixth grade but Allie argues that she can do what she wants to do with her own money. Marnie’s parents tho think she’s not responsible enough because she lost her Nintendo DS but in all fairness they made the rule of not losing electronic devices AFTER she lost it. But why would she lose a cell phone? She NEEDS it!
Uncle Jay points out you can’t buy a cell phone for 36.00. You also need to pay for the calling plan. He explains that you have to pay for all the calls and texts as well as the phone. Uncle Jay says he needs to make sure it’s ok first. Allie asks her mom while she and her dad are checking the walls for dry rot (hopefully they’ll be too distractd). It doesn’t work. Her mom says that she tried to trick her uncle into taking her to get the phone just proves that she’s not responsible.
Uncle J says those are the rules. Allie says yeah but the rules are stupid-says the girl whose got a book series about rules-. Shouldn’t getting the neighbors mail every day and walking your brother to school everyday count as responsible? Allie tells her friends. Caroline has a cell phone and says having one isn’t all that. Ericka says her mom said she could have her sister’s old phone but out of loyalty she’ll turn it down-what’s the point if she can’t call or text her. Sophie says her dad won’t let her get one because she keeps leaving things in the pockets of her jeans and they keep getting washed.
To add insult to injury, Rosemary shows up bragging about the new game she downloaded to her cell phone. In class, Mrs. Hunter announces they’re going on a field trip. Allie is excited because for every single field trip she was supposed to take something happened and she missed out. Cheyenne tries to suggest they go to the mall to see the new Taylor Swift movie, but Mrs. Hunter says its already been decided. Before she can say where, “on old friend” starts throwing rocks at the window.
Cheyenne asks if its her boyfriend. She says that’s none of her business. Allie starts to wonder if it *is* her boyfriend, but is then weirded out by the idea of her teacher having a life outside school. Patrick tells them its no secret. They’ll be going to the one-roomed school schoolhouse at Honeypot Prairie because they just started a unit on pioneer settlers to our area. Mrs. Hunter confirms it. Allie knows it’ll be totally boring!
While they’re there they’ll learn how to shoe a horse, make bread from scratch and build a wigwam. They’re all encouraged to dress in period clothing. If they are they give extra credit (50 points). Cheyenne says she’ll wear a hoop skirt. Her mother knows the owner of a company in New York that rents realistic period costumes,Mrs. Hunter says it would be more in the spirit of the homesteaders if you used your imagination and assembled your own costumes from clothing you already have in your closets.
She says they’ll have to share a bus with another 4rth grade class for budget cuts. It’s Allie’s old school Walnut Knolls Elementary. Now she has to see her old teacher (Mrs. Myers) and her old best friend (Mary Kay) who ruined her chances of going on the last field trip by not giving the teacher her permission slip because they had a fight.
Erica says Allie doesn’t know for sure Mary Kay will ruin the trip, but Allie thinks about -and tells the others in her group who are making a project- about an incident a few weeks earlier at a birthday party given by Brittany Hauser – who is basically the Cheyenne O’Malley of Walnut Knolls Elementary – at which she and my ex-best friend Mary Kay Shiner and some other girls had tried to humiliate her and undermine her self esteem. because it had gotten around the fourth-grade rumor mill that she had a boyfriend and they were jealous.
Then they talk about Mrs. Hunters spurned lover that threw rocks at her window because she doesn’t feel the same way about him that he does her. Allie says she thinks he’s just an old friend that was acting silly throwing rocks at her window. Erica says if he loves her as much as she knows he does he’ll come back. Kevin wants to help out with the roof so he’ll get to wear a hard hat and the man over the roofing says if his parents will accept the estimate they’ll let him. So, unfair! (Allie thinks) Kevin always gets his way.
Allie gives a presentation on being a woman in 1850. Mrs. Hunter gets a delivery of red roses in a crystal vase. Allie can only see the name David on the card attached. All the girls take guesses at what the card said. Cheyenne is convinced it was a marriage proposal. But Allie thinks it just as easily could have been a thank you from an old friend that was in town visiting and she let him sleep on her couch. Later, she tells her friends she’s not happy then her teacher will move away if she accepts the proposal.
They’ll be in the fifth grade but it’s a possibility she *could* switch to the fifth grade. Sophie says she doesn’t see Mrs. Hunter being the kind of woman to move because of a man unless its because David is a doctor for very poor people in some underdeveloped country without running water, and he asked her to go there with him to help teach the little orphans while he heals the sick. Then they try to figure out period clothes to wear but can’t come up with anything but jeans and flannel shirts. Erica’s sister (Missy) suggests long night gowns with aprons over them.
Allie goes home to pick out nightgowns for her and Caroline and discovers when she calls for Mewsie that he’s gone. Uncle Jay says he’s probably just going on a “walkabout”. He’s gone out for a while to have some new adventures. Allie doesn’t accept this and says she’ll stay out all night looking for and make posters the next day and make her mom show the posters on her show. Mark and Kevin tho find Mewsie. He’s crawled into the wall in the closet way in the back (that has the dry rot). Allie puts on Kevin’s hard hat and goes into the hole, spots him, but he won’t come out.
Uncle Jay says to put some cat treats down and leave them on the floor. Allie does and when she goes back Mewsie has come out but darts right back into the hole. Cheyenne shows up with a hoop skirt (yellow), matching jaket, a parasol and her hair in ringlets. She makes fun of the girl’s night gowns. They all notice Mrs. Hunter is wearing a diamond ring on the third finger of her left hand. Patrick calls Allie “Allie Stinkle” and this makes Mary Kay and Brittany laugh. Mary Kay and Brittany (and their clique) are wearing nice period costumes, Brittany makes fun of Allie’s costume, but Rosemarry puts a stop to that. She shuts up Patrick and Stuart and asks Brittany if she has a problem with her girl. No? Good. Keep it that way. Then she says Welcome to my bus. They argue over whose bus it is and Rosemary calls Brittany “buttercup” because of her yellow dress.
Unfortunately, when they’re seated there’s a boy on the bus named Scott that Allie seems to have a history with. Her friends tease her about him liking her -which she denies-. Mrs. Hunter splits them up and then assigns them “buddies”. Rosemary is assigned to Allie. Joey Fields throws up on the bus. The other kids start calling him “Chuck” as in upchuck. Mary Kay tries to embarrass Allie by asking if Joey if her boyfriend and she sarcastically say yes. So, the kids start singing about Stinkle and Upchuck sitting in a tree. Cheyenne is mad because Allie is getting all the attention (which to Allie is a plus).
Joey tho looks happy and Allie worries that he didn’t get the sarcasm. Allie gets “Team Shawnee”. Scott, Paul, Patrick, Cheyenne, Brittany, Mary Kay, M and D are on this team. Rosemary offers to trade with her, but then she sees Joey is on this team too. So, thinking of the promise she made to herself about being a more responsible person if Mewsie was safe, she tells Rosemary never mind.
Allie is partnered with her ex-best friend Mary K Shiner. Mary K says to let it go. She apologized for the class trip. Allie accuses her of telling everyone about her book of rules. Mary Kay says she’s a freak for having it. Cheyenne wants Scott for a partner but gets Mrs. Hunter and keeps looking at Scott who isn’t thinking of her. Allie is given a book to read about George Washington’s rules. Allie is astonished by this! All his rules had to be read and memorized by the students on the prarie. Allie want to keep it but Mrs. Higgenbottom says she can find a copy online. Mary Kay was wrong she’s not a freak.
During lunch, Mrs. Hunter slips off to take a phone call and Stuart takes Joey’s hat. This leaves Allie to stand up to him (Stuart) and his friend. Brittany and Cheyenne get into it because Brittany calls Allie’s school poor and says it’s the worse school ever. But when Rosemary confronts her about it she backs down and says “it was a misunderstanding”. Mary K gets a bee’s stinger and sac attached to her cheek but Mrs. Hunter gets it out. Mary Kay is hysterical and Allie has to tell her teacher she’s not allergic.
They end up calling her mother to see if she wants to call a doctor. Mary Kay asks for a friend to go with her to the office. All her “friends” are no where to be found; Allie offers to go with her but she says not you. Allie reminds her she’s her buddy for the day. She makes a joke and makes Mary Kay laugh. Now she’s not crying so hard. Mary Kay calls her mom but she won’t come take her home.
Mrs. Hunter apologizes to Allie for partnering Allie with Mary K and not knowing they had a past. She tells her she’s brave and says she’s lucky (Mary Kay) is that she has Allie as a friend. Also she thanks her for what she did for Joey. Allie asks Mrs. Hunter is that an engagement ring and she says yes it is. She asks if she’ll be moving away. She says of course not. She says that David just got a job there at the city commission. So, now Allie is relieved. Mary K apologizes. Allie apologizes too. Allie convinces Mary K to come back to the group. On the bus ride home, Erica starts to cry. She thinks the trip is so wonderful she doesn’t want to leave. UH where we in the same book? Mrs. Hunter presents Allie with a copy of George Washington’s rules.
Mary Kay by the end of the bus ride isn’t speaking to Allie again because she didn’t tell her how big the bee sting on her chin really was. When Allie gets home, and breaks down to her mother that all she wants is Mewsie to come back. So, goes in her room and he’s on her bed. He came out a little while ago. Allie gives him plenty of hugs and kisses. Mark promises he’ll keep his wall shut. Mom asks about the trip and Allie tells her about learning new stuff and George Washington’s rule book.
Mom says she doesn’t quite think it’s time for a cell phone but she’ll let her have a cell phone next year. She and her dad will even front the bill.
My Thoughts:
This was not the most interesting of books. I know Honey Pott Prairie was supposed to be a learning experience on how to work together and maybe how they take things for granted (like not having a cell phone), but truthfully despite all the drama as a field trip, it was dull. As for a cell phone at the age of 9, it's kind of ridiculous. 9-year-olds really do NOT need cell phones. I'm not sure if 10-year old's need cell phones, but times have really changed. And so have parents apparently. Even though this book is fiction I have no doubt some 4rth and 5th graders ARE definitely walking around with cell phones. Instead of standing by their rule of her not having one they give in for no apparent reason and up the grade level. Yes, it was mature of her to be the bigger person and be a friend to the ex-friend who went out her way to be childish and mean, but I'm not sure that constitutes being responsible enough for a cell phone. There was a good lesson about the people you look down on versus the people who you THINK are your friends. And how sometimes the people you THINK are your friends really aren't and can leave you hanging when you need them the most. So you should be careful who you dismiss. I'm not a big cat person but I'm glad the cat did get out of the wall and didn't get smooshed or suffocated or anything. Other than Allie they were all so lax about it. I got the feeling the parents cared more about the roof than the poor cat.
Rating: 4 stars
Allie has saved up 36.00 and thinks she’s going to buy a cell phone. (No comment). Her Uncle Jay reminds her that she can’t have a cell phone until she’s in the sixth grade but Allie argues that she can do what she wants to do with her own money. Marnie’s parents tho think she’s not responsible enough because she lost her Nintendo DS but in all fairness they made the rule of not losing electronic devices AFTER she lost it. But why would she lose a cell phone? She NEEDS it!
Uncle Jay points out you can’t buy a cell phone for 36.00. You also need to pay for the calling plan. He explains that you have to pay for all the calls and texts as well as the phone. Uncle Jay says he needs to make sure it’s ok first. Allie asks her mom while she and her dad are checking the walls for dry rot (hopefully they’ll be too distractd). It doesn’t work. Her mom says that she tried to trick her uncle into taking her to get the phone just proves that she’s not responsible.
Uncle J says those are the rules. Allie says yeah but the rules are stupid-says the girl whose got a book series about rules-. Shouldn’t getting the neighbors mail every day and walking your brother to school everyday count as responsible? Allie tells her friends. Caroline has a cell phone and says having one isn’t all that. Ericka says her mom said she could have her sister’s old phone but out of loyalty she’ll turn it down-what’s the point if she can’t call or text her. Sophie says her dad won’t let her get one because she keeps leaving things in the pockets of her jeans and they keep getting washed.
To add insult to injury, Rosemary shows up bragging about the new game she downloaded to her cell phone. In class, Mrs. Hunter announces they’re going on a field trip. Allie is excited because for every single field trip she was supposed to take something happened and she missed out. Cheyenne tries to suggest they go to the mall to see the new Taylor Swift movie, but Mrs. Hunter says its already been decided. Before she can say where, “on old friend” starts throwing rocks at the window.
Cheyenne asks if its her boyfriend. She says that’s none of her business. Allie starts to wonder if it *is* her boyfriend, but is then weirded out by the idea of her teacher having a life outside school. Patrick tells them its no secret. They’ll be going to the one-roomed school schoolhouse at Honeypot Prairie because they just started a unit on pioneer settlers to our area. Mrs. Hunter confirms it. Allie knows it’ll be totally boring!
While they’re there they’ll learn how to shoe a horse, make bread from scratch and build a wigwam. They’re all encouraged to dress in period clothing. If they are they give extra credit (50 points). Cheyenne says she’ll wear a hoop skirt. Her mother knows the owner of a company in New York that rents realistic period costumes,Mrs. Hunter says it would be more in the spirit of the homesteaders if you used your imagination and assembled your own costumes from clothing you already have in your closets.
She says they’ll have to share a bus with another 4rth grade class for budget cuts. It’s Allie’s old school Walnut Knolls Elementary. Now she has to see her old teacher (Mrs. Myers) and her old best friend (Mary Kay) who ruined her chances of going on the last field trip by not giving the teacher her permission slip because they had a fight.
Erica says Allie doesn’t know for sure Mary Kay will ruin the trip, but Allie thinks about -and tells the others in her group who are making a project- about an incident a few weeks earlier at a birthday party given by Brittany Hauser – who is basically the Cheyenne O’Malley of Walnut Knolls Elementary – at which she and my ex-best friend Mary Kay Shiner and some other girls had tried to humiliate her and undermine her self esteem. because it had gotten around the fourth-grade rumor mill that she had a boyfriend and they were jealous.
Then they talk about Mrs. Hunters spurned lover that threw rocks at her window because she doesn’t feel the same way about him that he does her. Allie says she thinks he’s just an old friend that was acting silly throwing rocks at her window. Erica says if he loves her as much as she knows he does he’ll come back. Kevin wants to help out with the roof so he’ll get to wear a hard hat and the man over the roofing says if his parents will accept the estimate they’ll let him. So, unfair! (Allie thinks) Kevin always gets his way.
Allie gives a presentation on being a woman in 1850. Mrs. Hunter gets a delivery of red roses in a crystal vase. Allie can only see the name David on the card attached. All the girls take guesses at what the card said. Cheyenne is convinced it was a marriage proposal. But Allie thinks it just as easily could have been a thank you from an old friend that was in town visiting and she let him sleep on her couch. Later, she tells her friends she’s not happy then her teacher will move away if she accepts the proposal.
They’ll be in the fifth grade but it’s a possibility she *could* switch to the fifth grade. Sophie says she doesn’t see Mrs. Hunter being the kind of woman to move because of a man unless its because David is a doctor for very poor people in some underdeveloped country without running water, and he asked her to go there with him to help teach the little orphans while he heals the sick. Then they try to figure out period clothes to wear but can’t come up with anything but jeans and flannel shirts. Erica’s sister (Missy) suggests long night gowns with aprons over them.
Allie goes home to pick out nightgowns for her and Caroline and discovers when she calls for Mewsie that he’s gone. Uncle Jay says he’s probably just going on a “walkabout”. He’s gone out for a while to have some new adventures. Allie doesn’t accept this and says she’ll stay out all night looking for and make posters the next day and make her mom show the posters on her show. Mark and Kevin tho find Mewsie. He’s crawled into the wall in the closet way in the back (that has the dry rot). Allie puts on Kevin’s hard hat and goes into the hole, spots him, but he won’t come out.
Uncle Jay says to put some cat treats down and leave them on the floor. Allie does and when she goes back Mewsie has come out but darts right back into the hole. Cheyenne shows up with a hoop skirt (yellow), matching jaket, a parasol and her hair in ringlets. She makes fun of the girl’s night gowns. They all notice Mrs. Hunter is wearing a diamond ring on the third finger of her left hand. Patrick calls Allie “Allie Stinkle” and this makes Mary Kay and Brittany laugh. Mary Kay and Brittany (and their clique) are wearing nice period costumes, Brittany makes fun of Allie’s costume, but Rosemarry puts a stop to that. She shuts up Patrick and Stuart and asks Brittany if she has a problem with her girl. No? Good. Keep it that way. Then she says Welcome to my bus. They argue over whose bus it is and Rosemary calls Brittany “buttercup” because of her yellow dress.
Unfortunately, when they’re seated there’s a boy on the bus named Scott that Allie seems to have a history with. Her friends tease her about him liking her -which she denies-. Mrs. Hunter splits them up and then assigns them “buddies”. Rosemary is assigned to Allie. Joey Fields throws up on the bus. The other kids start calling him “Chuck” as in upchuck. Mary Kay tries to embarrass Allie by asking if Joey if her boyfriend and she sarcastically say yes. So, the kids start singing about Stinkle and Upchuck sitting in a tree. Cheyenne is mad because Allie is getting all the attention (which to Allie is a plus).
Joey tho looks happy and Allie worries that he didn’t get the sarcasm. Allie gets “Team Shawnee”. Scott, Paul, Patrick, Cheyenne, Brittany, Mary Kay, M and D are on this team. Rosemary offers to trade with her, but then she sees Joey is on this team too. So, thinking of the promise she made to herself about being a more responsible person if Mewsie was safe, she tells Rosemary never mind.
Allie is partnered with her ex-best friend Mary K Shiner. Mary K says to let it go. She apologized for the class trip. Allie accuses her of telling everyone about her book of rules. Mary Kay says she’s a freak for having it. Cheyenne wants Scott for a partner but gets Mrs. Hunter and keeps looking at Scott who isn’t thinking of her. Allie is given a book to read about George Washington’s rules. Allie is astonished by this! All his rules had to be read and memorized by the students on the prarie. Allie want to keep it but Mrs. Higgenbottom says she can find a copy online. Mary Kay was wrong she’s not a freak.
During lunch, Mrs. Hunter slips off to take a phone call and Stuart takes Joey’s hat. This leaves Allie to stand up to him (Stuart) and his friend. Brittany and Cheyenne get into it because Brittany calls Allie’s school poor and says it’s the worse school ever. But when Rosemary confronts her about it she backs down and says “it was a misunderstanding”. Mary K gets a bee’s stinger and sac attached to her cheek but Mrs. Hunter gets it out. Mary Kay is hysterical and Allie has to tell her teacher she’s not allergic.
They end up calling her mother to see if she wants to call a doctor. Mary Kay asks for a friend to go with her to the office. All her “friends” are no where to be found; Allie offers to go with her but she says not you. Allie reminds her she’s her buddy for the day. She makes a joke and makes Mary Kay laugh. Now she’s not crying so hard. Mary Kay calls her mom but she won’t come take her home.
Mrs. Hunter apologizes to Allie for partnering Allie with Mary K and not knowing they had a past. She tells her she’s brave and says she’s lucky (Mary Kay) is that she has Allie as a friend. Also she thanks her for what she did for Joey. Allie asks Mrs. Hunter is that an engagement ring and she says yes it is. She asks if she’ll be moving away. She says of course not. She says that David just got a job there at the city commission. So, now Allie is relieved. Mary K apologizes. Allie apologizes too. Allie convinces Mary K to come back to the group. On the bus ride home, Erica starts to cry. She thinks the trip is so wonderful she doesn’t want to leave. UH where we in the same book? Mrs. Hunter presents Allie with a copy of George Washington’s rules.
Mary Kay by the end of the bus ride isn’t speaking to Allie again because she didn’t tell her how big the bee sting on her chin really was. When Allie gets home, and breaks down to her mother that all she wants is Mewsie to come back. So, goes in her room and he’s on her bed. He came out a little while ago. Allie gives him plenty of hugs and kisses. Mark promises he’ll keep his wall shut. Mom asks about the trip and Allie tells her about learning new stuff and George Washington’s rule book.
Mom says she doesn’t quite think it’s time for a cell phone but she’ll let her have a cell phone next year. She and her dad will even front the bill.
My Thoughts:
This was not the most interesting of books. I know Honey Pott Prairie was supposed to be a learning experience on how to work together and maybe how they take things for granted (like not having a cell phone), but truthfully despite all the drama as a field trip, it was dull. As for a cell phone at the age of 9, it's kind of ridiculous. 9-year-olds really do NOT need cell phones. I'm not sure if 10-year old's need cell phones, but times have really changed. And so have parents apparently. Even though this book is fiction I have no doubt some 4rth and 5th graders ARE definitely walking around with cell phones. Instead of standing by their rule of her not having one they give in for no apparent reason and up the grade level. Yes, it was mature of her to be the bigger person and be a friend to the ex-friend who went out her way to be childish and mean, but I'm not sure that constitutes being responsible enough for a cell phone. There was a good lesson about the people you look down on versus the people who you THINK are your friends. And how sometimes the people you THINK are your friends really aren't and can leave you hanging when you need them the most. So you should be careful who you dismiss. I'm not a big cat person but I'm glad the cat did get out of the wall and didn't get smooshed or suffocated or anything. Other than Allie they were all so lax about it. I got the feeling the parents cared more about the roof than the poor cat.
Rating: 4 stars
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June 2, 2022
Allie Finkle is back for her last adventure for 4th grade. This time it is a field trip but the catch is Allie's old school is going to be joining them on the field trip. Allie is going to have to face her former best friend again. Allie and her friends are excited about the trip. This will be Allie's first field trip ever. This was a sweet book. Allie is such a lovable kid. Meg Cabot created such a vivid character and world for Allie to live it. It was a sweet conclusion to a nice middle-grade series.
December 29, 2025
this book combines the past school she went to with her current school and fireworks ensue due to classic mean girls, having a field trip brings its own set of challenges but allie handled them perfectly.it was great, do wish their was more in the series as it would be cool to see her actually become a vetnarian/actress when she is an adult and how she handles the drama of highschool.
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April 17, 2020Prolific Meg Cabot strikes again, with one of her books for tweens that my husband, my 10 year old daughter, and I all read. Allie has to deal with a missing cat, mean old "friends," and a field trip to old-timey Honeypot Prairie in this cute little book.
September 3, 2023
ce livre est vraiment nostalgique meme ci c trop cliché😭 jaime bcp les livres francais (jai 16 ans but can u blame me) ca renforce mon language est mon vocabulaire lowkey et je me souviens des mots que jai oublie depuis longtemps
September 23, 2018
Très bien mais j'ai qd meme passer l âge
February 22, 2019
it's not as good as the forth book so I gave it a lower rating ; four stars
June 21, 2019
I really love this book series. I think that it is awesome for girls my age to be able to realate to a book written by a Famous author. I like allie and her amazing world.
December 7, 2020
I thought this book was not as good as the other books but I liked that Mewsie finally came out
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May 26, 2022
Oui bon, c'est bon pour les enfants il ne faut pas se voiler la face
July 7, 2022
Were we all this dramatic at 4th grade?
January 8, 2023
it was great, do wish their was more in the series as it would be cool to see her actually become a vetnarian/actress when she is an adult and how she handles the drama of highschool.
January 5, 2026
Uprimne, uz kdyz jsem ji cetla, a byla mi doporučena, jsem uprimne byla na tu knihu velka, coz mi mrzi, protoze v určitým věku by to byl pro mě klenot.
April 7, 2026
So good. What a great way to end the series. Kudos to Meg Cabot.
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