Ramona Quimby, Age 8
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| Author | Beverly Cleary |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Ramona Quimby |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
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| Released | 1981 |
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is a juvenile fiction novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the fifth installment in the popular Ramona Quimby series. It is illustrated by Alan Tiegreen and was first published in 1981. The current edition was illustrated by Tracy Dockray. It is a 1982 Newbery Honor award winner.
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[edit] Plot
The story opens with Ramona starting third grade and being excited about riding the school bus all by herself. At the same time, her older sister Beezus is excited about starting junior high, while their father begins taking college classes toward becoming an art teacher.
Once Ramona arrives at school, she instantly clicks with her teacher Mrs. Whaley - "a whale with a 'y' for a tail", and starts signing her name, "Ramona Quimby, Age 8". But of course, as is the norm for Ramona, things don't always go as planned. One day, she takes a hard-boiled egg to school for lunch, and when she whacks it against her head to remove the shell, realizes that her mother forgot to boil it and gets egg in her hair. In another chapter, Ramona becomes ill in school and does the "most terrible, horrible, dreadful, awful thing". She throws up in front of everybody.
After Ramona recovers, she has hangups about a book report that she is assigned to do, and comes up with a clever way to present it. In the final chapter, the Quimbys are in a generally bad mood on a rainy Sunday, hardly a novelty in Oregon, complete with Beezus upset over not being able to spend the night at her friend Mary Jane's house and Ramona being forced to clean up her room. So to cheer everyone up, their father decides they should go out to dinner for the first time in months, to Whopperburger, where the whole family realizes that a man, who had strangely asked Ramona if she's been nice to her mother (evidence that he's from V.F.D.), has paid for their meal, and they go home happy,
[edit] In other media
- In the book Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, it hints the man that paid for their meals is a member of V.F.D, possibly as a tribute to the book.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Handler, Daniel. Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, 146,154,163.
[edit] External links
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Ramona Quimby series: Beezus and Ramona • Ramona the Pest • Ramona the Brave • Ramona and Her Father • Ramona and Her Mother • Ramona Quimby, Age 8 • Ramona Forever • Ramona's World Henry Huggins series: Henry Huggins • Henry and Beezus • Henry and Ribsy • Henry and the Paper Route • Henry and the Clubhouse • Ribsy The Mouse and the Motorcycle series: The Mouse and the Motorcycle • Runaway Ralph • Ralph S. Mouse Other books: Ellen Tebbits • Otis Spofford • Fifteen • The Luckiest Girl • Jean and Johnny • Sister of the Bride • Mitch and Amy • Socks • Dear Mr. Henshaw • Lucky Chuck • A Girl from Yamhill: A Memoir • Muggie Maggie • Strider • Petey's Bedtime Story • My Own Two Feet • The Hullabaloo ABC |
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