Embarrassed, she goes back and joins her family. When they arrive, Ramona begins to dance when she accidentally bumps into an older gentleman who salutes her.

Quimby has had enough of the gloom on one Sunday and insists the family go out to eat so they go to Ramona's favorite restaurant. Beezus can always say she's busy doing homework, but that doesn't work for Ramona.Īt one point, Mr. Every day after school Howie goes outside to ride bikes with his friends, and Ramona is forced to play baby games with Willa Jean. Things get worse when she suddenly becomes ill and throws up in class, followed by her mother leaving work to take her home.įor Ramona, there's also the problem of spoiled Willa Jean. Even Yard Ape can't make her feel better about that. Whaley describe her as a show-off and a nuisance. When Ramona cracks a hard boiled egg on her head at lunch-and finds out her mother forgot to boil it-she ends up in the secretary's office with a head full of raw egg, where she overhears Mrs. Ramona feels the best part of being in third grade is Sustained Silent Reading. Ramona is happy about the changes until a boy on the bus steals her new eraser, but she rises to the challenge and ends up deciding that 'Yard Ape' (the boy who stole her eraser, known as 'Danny' to adults) may not be so bad, after all. The schools in Ramona Quimby's neighborhood have been reorganized, and now she gets to ride the bus to Cedarhurst Primary, where she and her fellow third graders will be the biggest kids in the school.

This book is about Ramona Quimby's life in 3rd Grade. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was named a Newbery Honor book in 1982. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels the pressure with everyone counting on her to manage at school by herself and get along with Willa Jean after school every day. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series.

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