Sarah Simpson's Rules for Living

12-year-old Sarah is often sour and cranky, a girl after my own heart. However, she isn't able to totally resist the subtle (very subtle) charms of lanky, smart, and very opinionated classmate Horace, who she eventually has to admit is a pretty nice guy. She never does come close to warming to her d......more

A good alternative title for this one might be "Diary of a Pessimistic 12-Year-Old." Well, maybe that doesn't have the right flair, but it's very accurate. Sarah Simpson is an outspoken list-maker with flaming red hair who describes herself as fat and very ugly. She's also a harsh critic of everyone......more

I read this book over a month ago. I really injoyed this books text, and how they made the dialog in a teenagers perspective. When I was reading I was noticeing that I could really relate my life to saras life. Sara Simpson is just a normal girl going through life thinking that she is out of place a......more

Reasons to enjoy this book: 1. Sarah Simpson is a quirky heroine with a wonderfully dry sense of humor. 2. The journal-style allows readers to unearth pieces of her story, bit by bit, as a journal should. Each journal entry is like another piece of buried treasure, just waiting to be discovered. 3. Reb......more

I’m not sure if it’s just so close to Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls or what, but this book didn’t do it for me at all. A kids book about a child working her way through, it just felt kind of stilted and empty, especially compared to Allie Finkle’s vibrancy or the endearing quirks of A Crooked Kind......more