The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama

The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama - Paperback

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The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama - Paperback

The Rules for Hearts: A Family Drama - Paperback

by Sara Ryan
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by Sara Ryan (Author)

In this companion novel to Empress of the World, a vibrant summer unfolds as Battle Hall Davies finds herself immersed in the quirky found family dynamics of Forest House.

"The Rules for Hearts makes its own rules. That's what I love about it."--Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author of TTYL and TTFN

"Sara Ryan puts the world of downtown theater in all its brilliance and insanity on the page."--Jacqueline Woodson, Newbery Honor-winning author of Feathers and Show Way

Battle Hall Davies is sure of some things: she's going to Reed this fall; she loves girls; and her older brother, Nick, is cooler and more together than she'll ever be. Nick ran away from home when Battle was thirteen. Now, four and a half years later, he's tracked her down, and she's spending the summer between high school and college in Forest House, the group house where he lives in Portland.

It is a summer of surprises. Battle is swept into Forest House's community Shakespeare production and its all-night card games and into the arms of her new housemate, Meryl. It turns out that Nick is not who Battle thought he was--and Battle's not who she thought she was either.

Author Biography

Sara Ryan lives in Portland, Oregon. This is her first novel.

Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.61 x 7.04 x 5 IN
Publication Date: January 08, 2009
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Rules for Hearts
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 7
ISBN9780142412374
Author Sara Ryan
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
GenreYoung adult and Family
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2009
LanguageENG- English
Pages240
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Young Adult Fiction Young Adult LGBTQ+ Young Adults

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Sara Ryan is the author of the graphic novel Bad Houses with art by Carla Speed McNeil, young adult novels The Rules for Hearts and Empress of the World, and various comics, short stories, and essays. They are on the faculty of the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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