No word lists, no summaries, no book reports are required. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends.
What's more, her favorite period of school comes after lunch, when the third graders are allowed to read any books they like - even mysteries and fairy tales - by themselves during Sustained Silent Reading. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. Ramona can find short words in long words, such as ''earthquakes,'' and she reads well enough to be able to spot ''the dreaded words, 'Child's Plate' '' on a restaurant menu. One of the many strengths of this book is author Cleary's quiet encouragement of reading. Although the Quimbys are a ''nice sticking-together family'' in Ramona's eyes, they have their share of contemporary challenges: her mother works full-time and runs the household on a shoestring budget (which includes ''yucky'' beef tongue for dinner) so that her father can return to college for an art degree. Personality Ramona is a dreamer with an 'overactive imagination'. She has an older sister, Beatrice 'Beezus ', and a younger sister, Roberta. 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. Plot summary edit This book is about Ramona Quimby's life in 3rd Grade. She deals with such young concerns as getting ill in class and worrying about parents losing jobs. Ramona Geraldine Quimby is the main protagonist of the Ramona series and is the daughter of Robert Quimby and Dorothy Quimby. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was named a Newbery Honor book in 1982. Ramona's believable adventures always have an instructive purpose in Beverly Cleary's caring hands, however.
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