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Ramona Quimby, Age 8
by Cleary, Beverly
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688004776
- ISBN 13
- 9780688004774
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Morrow, 1981. First edition. 8vo, 190, [1]pp. Illustrations by Alan Tiegreen. Publisher's beige cloth backed paper boards in illustrated jacket. Spine slightly cocked, boards worn at corners, former owner's bookplate to ffep. Jacket shows some light edge wear and smudging to rear panel. Old sticker blacking out the price on inner flap. Very good. Near Fine/Very Good.
First printing of this Newbery Honor book from Beverly Cleary. .
First printing of this Newbery Honor book from Beverly Cleary. .
Synopsis
Ramona Quimby, one of the most loved characters in children's fiction, has now reached third grade. At school, she acquires a new teacher, Mrs. Whaley, who addresses the class as "you guys." At home, she helps the family "squeak by" as her father returns to college to become an art teacher.All the Quimbys have their ups and downs, but none feels them more intensely than Ramona. Her low point is undoubtedly reached the day she throws up in class and Mrs. Whaley instructs the children to hold their noses and file into the hall. But three days later Ramona recovers her verve sufficiently to give a book report in the style of a T.V. commercial, bringing down the house with her final ad-lib line of "I can't believe I read the whole thing!"Writing with humor and compassion, Beverly Cleary continues her chronicle of a child's growth and lovingly reaffirms the durability of the memorable Quimby family. They may not be nice all the time, but they stick together through good times and bad.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6516
- Title
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8
- Author
- Cleary, Beverly
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 190, [1]pp. Illustrations by Alan Tiegreen. Publisher's beige cloth backed paper boards in illustrated jacket. Spine slight
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0688004776
- ISBN 13
- 9780688004774
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1981
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Bookplate
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