The Plot: 8 year old me was kind of an idiot. I’m not going to lie: 8 year old me was bored to death by this one. In the early 1980s Dell reissued these four titles as trade paperbacks under the “Young Love” imprint with terrible cover art and jacket descriptions that have nothing to do with what actually happens in the book.Īn Annoying Autobiographical Pause: However, it was the original hardcover edition, pictured above, its dust-jacket securely wrapped in clear acetate, that I read at the age of 8 or 9, having checked out every other Cleary book out of the local library, including the one narrated by Henry Huggins’s dog. Less well known are the YA Romances from early in her career: Fifteen (1956), The Luckiest Girl (1958), Jean and Johnny (1959) and Sister of the Bride (1963). Shelley Latham is sure about one thing: The upcoming year is going to be different.īack to school! Time to start the year with a good attitude cautionary tale wacky scheme inspirational message epic wish-fulfillment fantasy!īackground: Beverly Cleary (who turned 99 this past April!) is best known for her juvenile fiction about the Leave It To Beaver-type adventures of Henry Huggins, and Beezus (and especially) Ramona Quimby: books that manage to realistically capture the high drama that is inherent in being an 8-to-12 year old child.
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