Phil Abrams returns to Lost Creek Middle School with his two best friends and learns a new set of survival rules. Along the way, Phil acquires more valuable life lessons. The Rules of Never, Year Two is the second book in the series. This fun-loving series is meant for fourth and fifth graders, middle schoolers, reluctant readers and adults who enjoy traveling down memory lane. Phil Abrams wants what any seventh grader wants. Make new friends. Do well in school. Get along with classmates. Stay out of trouble. Play by the rules. In short, survive his second year of middle school. But Phil can't catch a break at Lost Creek. Instead, he finds himself playing an elf in a skit, barfing at a dance, getting detention, standing up to a bully, betting money he doesn't have and counting on Lady Luck to pass Spanish. He once again discovers middle school survival calls for a different set of rules. The Rules of Never, Year Two. Because sometimes a guy has to learn the hard way. The Rules of Never, Year Two is a lighthearted and entertaining introduction about middle school life. Age level: 9 - 13 - Grade level: 4th and up