Ramona the Brave (1975) (edit title/settings)

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• Ramona Quimby: Ramona is the main character. She's 6 years old.
• Mrs. Griggs: Ramona's new first grade teacher.
• Mrs. Quimby: Ramona's mother.
• Beatrice 'Beezus' Quimby: Ramona's sister.
• Howie: Howie is Ramona's best friend.
• Susan: A schoolmate of Ramona's who thinks she's a little bit better than everyone else. Ramona admires her reddish-brown "boing boing" springy curls of hair.
• Mr. Cardoza: Beezus's new teacher.
• Davy: Another schoolmate of Ramona's. Ramona liked him so much in kindergarten she ran after him, screaming she was going to kiss him.
• Mrs. Kemp: Howie's grandmother/part-time babysitter.
• Miss Binney: Ramona's old kindergarten teacher.

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• “'I'm going to say a bad word!' 'Go ahead, Ramona, and say the bad word if it will make you feel any better.' 'Guts! GUTS! GUTS! GUTS!'”

  Ramona and her dad

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• Beezus and Ramona Ramona the Pest Ramona the Brave Ramona and Her Father

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• FEATURING RAMONA QUIMBY:

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• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Ramona Forever Ramona’s World

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• “Ramona, grow up!” Ramona lost all patience. “Can’t you see I’m trying?” she yelled at the top of her voice. People were always telling her to grow up. What did they think she was trying to do?

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• Ramona was sticky from heat and grubby from landing in the sawdust at the foot of the slides, but she was proud of herself.

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• defended her big sister. Her mother would be so proud, and so would her father when he came home from work and heard the story. “Good for you, Ramona,” he would say. “That’s the old fight!” Brave little Ramona.

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• “How do you know?” asked Beezus. “You don’t even know what varlet means.”

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• Something was going to happen after all. And when school started, she would have something exciting to share with her class for Show and Tell. A hole chopped in the

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• “Hippity-hop to the barber shop to buy a stick of candy. One for you and one for me and one for sister Mandy.”

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• Picky-picky, and even he was ten years old. Mrs. Quimby

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Portland, OR: Klickitat Street

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Ramona the Pest, and followed by Ramona and Her Father.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Beverly Cleary (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Mark Twain Award (Missouri) (1978)

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• Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Family Life › Siblings › Fiction
• Books › Children's Books › Series › Humorous › Ramona
• Books › Children's Books › Authors & Illustrators, A-Z › ( C ) › Cleary, Beverly
• Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
• Books › Children's Books › Literature › Humorous
• Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12