This warm-hearted story of a mother's love for her spirited young daughter is told beautifully by Newbery Medalwinning author Beverly Cleary.Ramona Quimby is no longer seven, but not quite eight. She's "seven and a half right now," if you ask her. Not allowed to stay home alone, yet old enough to watch pesky Willa Jean, Ramona wonders when her mother will treat her like her older, more mature sister, Beezus. But with her parents' unsettling quarrels and some spelling trouble at school, Ramona wonders if growing up is all it's cracked up to be. No matter what, she'll always be her mother's little girlright?

 

This is volume 5 in Ramona .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by HarperCollins .

Ramona Kaulitzki 's biggest passions have always been drawing and storytelling. She enjoys creating characters and breathing life into them while imagining the worlds in which they live, and her love of animals and nature is a major inspiration for her work. You can visit her online at ramonakaulitzkiart. com. Beverly Cleary is one of America's most popular authors and her many successful stories, including the best-selling Beezus and Ramona series, have delighted children all over the world for many years. Beverly Cleary's books have earned her many prestigious awards, including the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, presented in recognition of her lasting contribution to children's literature. She lives in California and is the mother of grown-up twins. The Beezus and Ramona books are now the subject of a major motion picture starring Selena Gomez and Joey King.