The Rules Have Changed

Key Selling Points 

• In The Rules Have Changed, a teenage boy is shocked to learn that a lot has changed in the three years he’s been away.
• The book is set in a modern not-as-dystopian-as-one-might-think North American high school and is the author's commentary on the possible impact of the actions of the current US government.
• In this book themes of rebellion, governmental control and xenophobia are explored.
• The author has written many titles in the Orca Soundings line, including The Ledge, The Thing You're Good At and Kryptonite.
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.

Lesley Choyce, who has been teaching English and creative writing for over thirty years, is the author of more than 100 books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult novels. He has won the Dartmouth Book Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Ann Connor Brimer Award. He has also been short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor, the White Pine Award, the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association and, most recently, the Governor General’s Literary Award. He lives at Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia.

• BC Books for SchoolsCommended 2021
• BC Books for BC SchoolsCommended 2021

Lesley Choyce is an award-winning author of more than 100 books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, young adult novels and several books in the Orca Soundings line. His works have been shortlisted for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, the White Pine Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award, among others. Lesley lives in Nova Scotia.