Endangered Series #31: Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls

Popularity comes, popularity goes. As librarians we’re always balancing between what will circulate like crazy and what we need to have in the collection. And we’re not the Library of Congress – we can’t (and shouldn’t) keep everything.

An endangered series is one that appears to be waning in terms of popularity. But popularity isn’t everything. Should it stay, or should it go? Or think of it this way – if you were starting a library today, would this series make the cut? Let’s discuss.

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls (series) by Meg Cabot

This series by Meg Cabot spanned six books, published from the late 2000s to early 2010s. It follows elementary schooler Allie as she navigates a new school and friends. Classic realistic fiction stuff.

The Case for Keeping: Well-made realistic fiction with girl protagonists is a category you don’t want to be lacking on your shelves.

The Case for Not: As is the case for so many, this series doesn’t get many checkouts in our school library these days. It’s tough to determine why. Could it be the peak aughts cover art? The lack of illustrations? The cursive writing on the front and back covers that kids don’t know how to read anymore?

Refresh? While this series doesn’t have any updated covers, there are some other similar series that might be appealing:

My Verdict: This series is currently still on our shelf, but will likely be weeded in the near future.

How are you handing this series in your library?

Previously:

Endangered Series #1: The Boxcar Children

Endangered Series #2: The Hardy Boys

Endangered Series #3: American Girl

Endangered Series #4: The Baby Sitter’s Club

Endangered Series #5: The Bailey School Kids

Endangered Series #6: Nate the Great

Endangered Series #7: Cam Jansen

Endangered Series #8: The Kids of the Polk Street School

Endangered Series #9: Pony Pals

Endangered Series #10: Little Bill

Endagered Series #11: Animal Ark

Endangered Series #12: Arthur

Endangered Series #13: The English Roses

Endangered Series #14: Marvin Redpost

Endangered Series #15: Little Critter

Endangered Series #16: Spiderwick Chronicles

Endangered Series #17: Junie B. Jones

Endangered Series #18: Magic School Bus

Endangered Series #19: Dear America

Endangered Series #20: The 39 Clues

Endangered Series #21: Dear Dumb Diary

Endangered Series #22: The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley

Endangered Series #23: Horrible Harry

Endangered Series #24: Santa Paws

Endangered Series #25: Amelia’s Notebook

Endangered Series #26: A to Z Mysteries

Endangered Series #27: Encyclopedia Brown

Endangered Series #28: The Secrets of Droon

Endangered Series #29: The Zack Files

Endangered Series #30: Nancy Drew

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