Simone Breaks All the Rules

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By Debbie Rigaud

A Choose to Read Ohio selection. Simone Thibodeaux's life is sealed in a boy-proof container. Her strict Haitian immigrant parents enforce no-dating rules and curfews. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: her parents will select her date (a boy from a nice Haitian immigrant family, obviously). Simone is desperate to avoid the humiliation of the set-up. With senior year coming to a close, Simone makes a decision. She and her fellow late-bloomer friends will create a Senior Year Bucket List of all the things they haven't had a chance to do. But as the list takes on a life of its own, things get more complicated than Simone expected. She'll have to discover which rules are worth breaking and which will save her from heartbreak. Use the Choose to Read Ohio toolkit for Simone Breaks All the Rules to plan book discussions, library programs, or classroom activities. Visit Debbie Rigaud's website. Book jacket image and book description courtesy Scholastic. Used with permission.