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It's Great to Be Eight

It's Great to Be Eight

by Beverly Cleary, Jerry Spinelli

Book Details

Publisher: Turtleback
Published: 1999
Language: en
Pages: 103
ISBN: 9780606185684
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 65%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
0
❤️Love & RomanceNone
2
🧠Mental HealthLow
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
2
😨Fear / HorrorLow

Story Themes

What is this book about? Higher scores mean the theme is more central to the plot — not a warning.

4
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalMajor storyline
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Ramona Quimby is happy to be in her new school, until the yucky yard apes come along.Poor Charlie Bucket can't wait to tear open a Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight. Will there be a golden ticket inside?Q: What should you do if it is your birthday and everyone in town has the measles?A: Have a measles birthday party!Jimmy and his friends call themselves the Third Grade Thonkers. But is there room in the club for Jimmy's second grade cousin David?Eight-year-old Angeline is in the sixth grade. But that-doesn't make being a genius any easier.In this collection of stories, there's a lot about being eight that is funny, exciting, sometimes hard, but mostly pretty great!

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionFictionShort Stories
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