Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Name: Ramona Quimby, Age 8
ISBN: 9780881032758

Beverly Cleary

Ages 7–11

Readers rate it 4.0 (73 on Hardcover)

190 pages · Released 2001 · HarperTrophy

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Ramona Quimby, Age 8 parent’s guide: what’s inside

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This is a classic, award-winning chapter book that follows an eight-year-old navigating third grade, family changes, and new responsibilities with humor and heart. The story celebrates resilience, independence, and problem-solving through relatable everyday challenges rather than conflict or danger. Ramona models persistence and good intentions despite her impulsive mistakes, and the book normalizes family stress while showing how children can contribute meaningfully. It's an ideal bridge from early readers to longer fiction, with gentle humor that appeals across a wide age range.

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From the publisher

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. With Beezus in Jr. High and Mr. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels the pressure with everyone counting on her to manage at school by herself and g... Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981) is a novel by Beverly Cleary in the Ramona series. Ramona Quimby is in the third grade, now at a new school, and making some new friends. With Beezus in Jr. High and Mr. Quimby going back to college, Ramona feels the pressure with everyone counting on her to manage at school by herself and get along with Willa Jean after school every day. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 was named a Newbery Honor book in 1982. ---------- Also contained in: Unstoppable Ramona and Beezus