Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Ramona likes being big enough to be depended on, but does everything have to depend on her? If Mrs. Kemp didn’t look after Ramona, her mother couldn’t work full time. If her mother didn’t work, her father couldn’t return to college. Ramona does get to ride the school bus this year, and she’s determined to enjoy the third grade and learning to read and write despite teasing from Danny the Yard Ape. If only she weren’t still treated like a child sometimes!