Meg Cabot Fans Make Their Own Rules at New Online Community Site From Scholastic

NEW YORK, NY, Apr 28 (MARKET WIRE) --
The "Princess Diaries" bestselling author Meg Cabot has wowed girls yet
againwith the first book in her critically-acclaimed and New York Times
bestselling
tween series, "Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls." Allie readers have now taken
over the rule-making themselves on Scholastic's new interactive online
community at www.scholastic.com/alliefinkle where GIRLS make the RULES. In
just two months since the site launched, "Allie" fans have added more than
18,000 peer-written rules to their Rules Notebooks and are submitting over
100 new rules to the site every day.

Rule #1: Make new friends, and keep the old. One is Silver and the other
is Gold!

Allie Finkle is always looking for friends and as the host of her own
online community, she is inviting fans to join her friendship network. Allie
Finkle fans join for free, create their own avatar and profile page, and are
welcomed by their first friend, Allie! Once members, girls create and decorate
their own Rules Notebooks, fill them with personal rules to live by and share
themwith friends. Want new rules? Check out other profiles on the "News and
Moves Board" or vote for your faves in the "Rules of the Month" contest.
With rule sharing, news feeds, friends and faves Allie's friends will never get
bored. To date, more than 13,000 friends have been connected and more than
10,000girls have sent "waves" to each other!

Rule #2: No matter where you go in life, NEVER lose touch with close
friends!

Allie loves talking to her friends and makes it easy through the "The
Blab Boards," where girls share their thoughts about the "Allie Finkle's Rules
for Girls" book, author Meg Cabot, and their favorite rules. Whether it is
chatting, sharing rules or waving at friends, Allie's site is a safe,
moderated online community that is all about building friendships. This month's
most
popular "rule" categories that girls are creating include: "Friendship," "Boys"
and "Life in General"!

Rule #3: Always wear your BEST clothes to a party!

Every girl knows how important fashion is, and so does Allie, but she really
relies on her friends to help pick out outfits for special occasions. Allie's
friends play the "Dress Allie" game where they create new outfits for
Allie to wear. Allie fans can also have fun taking a personality quiz and
decorating their own cupcake e-card to send to favorite friends.

Visit www.scholastic.com/alliefinkle to join "Allie Finkle's Rules for
Girls"
online community and visit www.megcabot.com to learn more about Meg.

Visit www.scholastic.com to learn more about Scholastic.

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PR Contacts:
Sara Sinek
212 343-6899
ssinek@scholastic.com

Charisse Meloto
212-389-3785
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