Moving Day (Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls, #1)

by Meg Cabot

I first read The Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series, when I was leaving my tweens and entering my teens. I'm now reading this series again as an adult, so obviously I'm not the intended target market anymore, but I wanted to see whether I'd still enjoy The Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series years later.

Allie Finkle is a 9 year old who acts and sounds like a real 9 year old. She's a well-rounded character and animal lover who's adventurous, brave and likable. She also has a book of rules that she lives by; some silly such as "Never eat anything red", some hilarious such as, "Don't stick a spatula down your best friend's throat" and some that are life lessons, such as "Pretend like you don't care when someone is insulting you, and don't cry. That way, you win."

In Moving Day, the Finkle family is moving into a dark and old Gothic-looking house that could possibly be haunted and Allie is trying her best to stop her family from moving. Allie doesn't want to leave her pretty pink bedroom behind or get killed by the zombie hand in the attic. However, moving isn't the only thing that a 9 year old has to deal with. There's a new school, new friends and changing friendships. Moving Day has plenty of laugh-out-loud moments. My favourite scenes involve a school food fight and a turtle from Lung Chung restaurant.

Moving Day is a trademark Meg Cabot novel that is aimed at tweens and is full of relatable and humourous moments. Unfortunately, while some childhood series stand the test of time, it seems like I've outgrown the Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series.