Ramona Quimby, Age 8

by Beverly Cleary

ISBN: 0440473500
ISBN-13: 9780440473503
Format: Paperback

Summary

One of the most beloved children's book characters of all time, Ramona Quimby is deeply appealing to generations of children because she is so much like a real child: decidedly imperfect and infinitely lovable. While she's hilarious, inventive, and fun, Ramona, like children everywhere, wears her wildly shifting emotions like a badge, engages in temper tantrums and bad moods, and often asks tons of troublesome questions. Children can see glimmers of themselves as they experience the crazy range of both frustrating and happy times that make up Ramona's days. Now that she's eight years old, Ramona feels quite grown-up-she takes the bus to school all by herself; she enjoys verbally sparing with a boy in her class, Yard Ape; she helps her older sister, Beezus, whip up an "interesting" dinner; and she's trying hard to be nice to her friend Howie's pesky younger sister, Willa Jean, even though it's torture. Because she's been feeling so grown up, Ramona is particularly upset when she overhears her teacher calling her a "little showoff." Will she be known as "Ramona the Pest" all her life? The is the sixth book, and one of the most popular, in the bestselling Ramona series. Alan Tiegreen's classic B&W line drawings accompany the text. A 1982 Newbery Honor book.

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"Cleary shows us life through Ramona's eyes and shows her young readers that they are not alone."

   -- Kirkus

"In Cleary's utterly beguiling story, our heroine wrestles with a teacher's putdown [and] straitened Quimby finances. Ramona has many challenges for her doughty character but handles them all with the aplomb of a brand new third grader."

   -- Publishers Weekly

"No doubt about it, 'Ramona Quimby, Age Eight' gets better with every year."

   -- School Library Journal

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.25 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 0.3 pounds
Ages: 4 to 6

Synopses

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

Publisher's Notes

Ramona, facing good and bad times during her third-grade year, becomes newly aware of the strength and durability of her loving family.

Other Editions

Reinforced Hardcover - Harpercollins (1981) - from $3.00
Hardcover Large Print - Cornerstone Books (1987) - from $23.00
Paperback Reissue - Random House Childrens Books (1993) - from $1.00

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