![]() When someone remarks that Ramona was just like Willa Jean when she was younger, Ramona feels hurt and upset, not believing that she was ever such an exasperating spoiled pest. ![]() ![]() When Willa Jean strews tissues through the house, the guests decide to take their leave. Not wanting Willa Jean to touch any of her toys, Ramona gives Willa Jean a pop-up box of tissues to play with. Ramona is burdened with the task of keeping her friend Howie Kemp's little sister, Willa Jean, out of everybody's way. "People should not think being seven and a half years old was easy, because it wasn't." At last, Ramona's father, Robert, has a job again, so the Quimbys host a brunch to celebrate. Ramona and Her Mother won the 1981 National Book Award. She is trying to grow up, but sometimes it seems like her family is making it harder. Ramona finds herself caught between being too young to stay home alone and too old to enjoy playing with pesky Willa Jean. ![]() Quimby has found another job, though it is one he does not like very much. Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary is the fifth book of the popular Ramona series. ![]()
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