Ramona the Pest
Book description
Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary expertly depicts the trials and triumphs of growing up through a relatable heroine who isn't afraid to be exactly who she is.
Ramona Quimby is excited to start kindergarten. No longer does she have to watch her older sister, Beezus, ride the bus to school…
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Departing from the surreal is Ramona, the antihero-turned-hero of Beverly Cleary’s Beezus and Ramona series.
Ramona is an entirely realistic child who is filled with passionate desires and intense feelings, all of which she acts on, even when she knows better. The interesting thing about these books is that Ramona was introduced as a foil and annoyance to her long-suffering older sister, Beezus.
But anyone with blood in their veins would find Ramona preferable to Beezus, and so, clearly, did Beverly Cleary, who switched her focus from color-inside-the-lines Beezus to wild Ramona with her varying confusions and longings—such as her…
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