Ramona Quimby, Age 8

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Beverly Cleary: Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Hardcover, 2006, HaprerCollins Publishers)

Hardcover, 179 pages

English language

Published Dec. 7, 2006 by HaprerCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-688-00477-4
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OCLC Number:
70139877

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5 stars (1 review)

In this Newbery Honor Book from beloved author Beverly Cleary, eight-year-old Ramona Quimby's zest for life is infectious as ever.

Ramona likes that she’s old enough to be counted on, but must everything depend on her? Mrs. Quimby has gone back to work so that Mr. Quimby can return to school, and Ramona is expected to be good for Mrs. Kemp while her parents are away, to be brave enough to ride the school bus by herself, and to put up with being teased by Danny the Yard Ape. In Ramona’s world, being eight isn’t easy, but it’s never dull! --https://www.harpercollins.com/9780688004774/ramona-quimby-age-8/

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Tons of fun in the series

5 stars

That was a packed book, a lot of changes for the Quimby family and the fun the parents had was pretty great, just dealing with aging in silly ways. Aw, man... that chapter six! What a wipe out, but then again that is a good thing to have in kids books because it really hits home. We had so many stories like that from whatever perspective as kids, seriously. (Yack stories.) Plus the principal "pal" thing was hilarious.

And the commercials! It could be classic on one had but very dated on another. We had to look up the "I can't believe I ate the whole thing," commercial for Alka-Seltzer, and the Wells Fargo stage coach one, not sure about the others, but you'd think there would be a video playlist somewhere with all the TV commercial references from this book.

Oh and the Purina cat chow one with that …

Subjects

  • Family -- Juvenile fiction
  • Schools -- Juvenile fiction