Sometime around the time I read Blackbriar I decided it would be fun to revisit other books I loved while growing up. I wanted to see how the books held up, and find out how much I’d remembered.

Second on this list of childhood favorites is Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. As a kid I had a penchant for books that focused on the forgotten, beleaguered, and under-appreciated oldest sibling (please see, Ramona really was a pest). Judy’s book about Peter Hatcher was right up my elementary school alley.

If I may be so bold, it appears that my elementary taste was impeccable.

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