![]() ![]() Quimby says the joke is on all of them if they don’t eat fast and get to school besides, she has to get to work as a receptionist at a doctor’s office, a job she accepted after Mr. Quimby, jokes that he has all of them beat as he’s going back to college to be an art teacher. Beatrice, whom Ramona nicknames Beezus, ignores her, as she’s about to start high school (though Ramona reveals this is really junior high). She’s bragging to her sister about being trusted enough to travel to school on the bus by herself after all, she’s just turned eight and is starting third grade. The book opens to Ramona’s family sitting at the breakfast table. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is written in the third person from Ramona’s perspective. Themes specific to Ramona Quimby, Age 8 are the importance of independence, perseverance through financial hardship, and maintaining dignity in the face of opposition. The Ramona series follow a humorous, adventurous young girl named Ramona Quimby from kindergarten to eighth grade. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was a Newbery Honor Book in 1982, a year after its initial publication in 1981. There are eight books in total, and they were published between 19. ![]() Children’s author Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Quimby, Age 8, is the sixth novel of the classic Ramona series. ![]()
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