Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary

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Ten-year-old Beezus Quimby tries really hard to be patient with four-year-old Ramona, but it turns out not to be easy in Beezus and Ramona. Not when Ramona drops all the eggs in the house into her sister's birthday cake batter when Mom isn't looking. And when Mom finally gets more eggs and finally gets the cake into the oven without a problem until Ramona puts a rubber doll into it next WHILE it is in the oven.

Sometimes Beezus just doesn't love Ramona, and Ramona doesn't like her, but the girls are sisters, which means they will always love each other--just not every single second.

The part I liked most about the book was the part when Ramona baked a rubber doll into her sister's birthday cake. A part that I think they could change is when she's obsessed with this book called The Littlest Steam Shovel about a steam shovel who wants to be a bulldozer and it doesn't work so he tries out all these other vehicles including a skateboard. And then Beezus takes her to the library to get a new book. I think they could change it to Ramona doesn't like reading at all, and Beezus takes her to the library and she gets obsessed with this certain book from the library. Anyway, if I were to rate it between 1 and 100, I'd say 91. Although it is funny, 80% of the book is Ramona's mischief, like when she locks a dog in the bathroom. They also have a complete series:

#1. Beezus and Ramona
#2. Ramona the Pest
#3. Ramona the brave
#4. Ramona and her father
#5. Ramona and her Mother
#6. Ramona Quimby Age 8
#7. Ramona Forever
#8. Ramona's World

Beezus and Ramona is a hilarious book full of entertainment, laughter. . . . . and mischief!