Fudge-a-mania!!!

My next outside reading book is called Fudge-a-mania by: Judy Blume. This is the third in the series that follows Peter Hatcher and his arch-rival Sheila Tubman through fourth grade and on too middle school. Peter's younger brother, Fudge, is a "wild child," to say the least. In this book, the Hatcher and Tubman families decide to go spend their summer in Maine, separate but the houses were connected. The adults are very close and enjoy spending time together, but the children cause a lot of problems this summer. In the previous book, Fudge decided he wanted to be a bird and jumped off of a jungle gym to see if he could fly. In this novel, he simple decides he wants to be a bird breeder, as the families have a bird living with them over the summer. Fudge accidently lets the bird out of the cage and must find it before they leave to go home. Meanwhile, Peter and Fudge meet a former Boston Red Sox baseball player (only Peter's favorite baseball team ever). He tells them that he is hosting a baseball game for the kids in the area and they should come out and play. At the game, Fudge is picked as one of the captions on the team, upsetting his brother Peter. Their relationship is one of constant rivalry, as Peter feels Fudge pretty much gets whatever he wants. Also, Fudge decides that he is going to marry Sheila, who absolutely hates Peter but thinks Fudge is pretty adorable. There are slight hints at a "romance" between Peter and Sheila, but they agree it is best to hate each other.

This book is hilarious and highly entertaining for young readers. I was obsessed with it at a young age and my brother and sister both loved it as well. You can never get enough of a young boy and comes up with crazy schemes, and mis-pronounces almost every word.