It's new (okay, maybe not so new),it's funny, it's.....Double Fudge! I know what you're thinking:Double Fudge?!?! But actually, it's not that bad. In fact, it's great! So here's the story: Peter Hatcher,age 12, has a little brother. His is Farley Drexel (more commonly known as Fudge) , and he is a disaster! Lately, he's been having an obsession with money, and plans to buy Toys R Us...eventually. If you're like Peter, this may sound familiar. The entire family decides to go to Washington D.C. for a weekend trip to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (that's where money is made).
They thought it would cure Fudge of his money obsession, but boy, were they wrong! Instead of curing him he just got more engrossed with money. Peter is devastated, and just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, they meet their long lost cousins. Peter now must put up with the twins, Flora and Fauna, and their little brother. His name is Farley Drexel, just like Fudge! What on earth is Peter going to do? If you are feeling gloomy, or maybe you just want a good laugh, this book is a must-read!
Note:I hereby insist that you must read every age appropriate kid's book by Judy Blume you can get your hands on. She is a really good author!
Monday, August 21, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents - Lee Wardlaw
Stephen Wyatt (also known as Sneeze) has a reputation for causing disasters at school with his would-be fantastic inventions. Scribbler (the sixth grade teacher, also known as Mr. Powell) banned him from bringing in any more invention. The last one he brought in melted his toupee. But on the last day of school he decides to bring in just one last one. It's called the nice alarm, and it's supposed to wake you up in the morning by tapping you lightly on the shoulder. But instead it wallops Hiccup (Sneeze's best friend) on the nose. This summer he, his family, and Hiccup are supposed to go to the Invention Convention, an annual gathering of inventors from all over the place to show off their inventions. Sneeze plans to bring the nice alarm after he's fixed it. But then thing start to go nightmarishly wrong when his parents sign him up for a writing class instead. For the story he is supposed to write, Sneeze comes up with a list of things to do to bug your parents. The list gets bigger and bigger until something a classmate says gives him an idea....an idea that will let him go to the Convention with, or more importantly, without his parents......
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