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Tan, Shaun

Rules of Summer

56 pp. | Scholastic/Levine | May, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-63912-5 $18.99
(2) K-3 On left-hand pages the narrator enumerates a series of "rules" ("Never eat the last olive at a party"). The right-hand pages depict, in thickly textured paintings, a young boy (presumably the narrator) and an older boy (perhaps his brother) in a variety of enigmatically surreal situations. The book delivers superb artwork that elicits both a cerebral and emotional response.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

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