It's Great to Be Eight

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!