These Are the Rules

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Summary: Laugh Out Loud Funny
Review: A Review by Ryan

A boy named Colm goes to his lake house for the summer to hang out at Lake Barstow. He goes through many changes mentally while at Lake Barstow with the likes of his mom and dads divorce and girls. Colm is always swimming and by the end of the summer wants to swim the whole lake by himself. He will first deal with the adversities of his mom and dads divorce. Will Colm pull through and give the swim team another shot. You'll have to read the book to find out!

One thing that I liked about this book was that it was so easy to understand the struggles of a high school kid since I am one myself. The book never got off track and it left me thinking each time I put it down. I also like how the authors portrayed the characters in this book. For instance, Colm was a shy kid at first but once he would open up to people, everyone would like him. One thing I didn't like about this book was that it didn't leave me with a shocking feeling that you get with those great books you read. I also thought the climax was weak. It didn't get me on the edge of my seat.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading a straight forward book that's easy to understand but doest have many high points. However, there were some funny parts in this book.

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Summary: A kid's comment to me...
Review: My then 13-year-old daughter and a male friend of hers read this book about two summers ago. Recently I heard the boy talking with a group of other boys at my house about not liking to read, commenting that it was a drag. I reminded him that he had read Paul Many's book and had seemed to like it, and he said, "Oh yeah, I forgot. I really loved that book. I'll have to find it and read it again. Then I'll loan it to you guys."

I have given this book to many young teens, and it seems to make a real impression on them.

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Summary: This is one book you won't put down!!!!!
Review: This book was great! I loved it because it focused on the basic teens problems but added a little humor on the side! The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because it was a short book but other than that it was more than perfect!!!