The First Rule of Punk

A girl wearing a Blondie T-shirt jump skip.
Celia C. Perez

Twelve-year-old Maraia Luisa O'Neill-Morales (who really prefers to be called Malâu) reluctantly moves with her Mexican-American mother to Chicago and starts seventh grade with a bang--violating the dress code with her punk rock aesthetic and spurning the middle school's most popular girl in favor of starting a band with a group of like-minded weirdos.

Award Years
2019-2020
Award Category
SC Junior Book Award