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Description edit
Beverly Cleary has given books to each member of the Quimby household except Mrs. Quimby. Now she gets her turn at last in a story that hits the high and low points of a working mother's life as seen from Ramona's seven-and-a-half-year-old viewpoint. Inevitably domestic tensions, not without... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Ramona Quimby: Ramona is the main character. She's 7 and a half years old.
- Mrs. Quimby: Ramona's mom
- Beatrice 'Beezus' Quimby: Ramona's sister
- Willa Jean: Howie's little sister, approximately in the toddler years
- Howie: Ramona's best friend
- Mrs. Rudge: Ramona's subsitute teacher
- Mrs. Kemp: Howie and Willa Jean's grandmother
- Woger: The Kemps' family pet, Roger, so aptly named by Willa Jean
- Robert: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Miller
- Davy
- Mrs. Swink
- Kemps
- Dawna
- Denise
First Sentence edit
"When will they be here?" asked Ramona Quimby, who was supposed to be dusting the living room but instead was twirling around trying to make herself dizzy
Table of Contents edit
1. A Present for Willa Jean
2. Slacks for Ella Funt
3. Nobody Likes Ramona
4. The Quarrel
5. The Great Hair Arguement
6. Ramona's New Pajamas
7. The Telephone Call
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 8 in Ramona the Pest. (standard series)
Preceded by Ramona and Her Father, and followed by Ramona Quimby, Age 8.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 038070952X
Page Count: 224
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 038070952X
Page Count: 224
Awards edit
- National Book Award (1981: Children's Books, Fiction (Paperback))
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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