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Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe (Unabridged Audio CDs)

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PLOT SUMMARY:

This novel, which is set in Pocahontas, Arkansas, is told from the point of view of a young girl, Elizabeth Lambert. Elizabeth, who has a crush on a classmate, Philip Hall, who doesn't yet seem interested in girls, strives to make him like her. Willing to do almost anything for Philip, Elizabeth purposely lets Philip be the best student in class. She is disappointed when Philip doesn't invite her to his birthday party, which is only for boys. Eventually, Elizabeth decides that she must concentrate on her friends and forms the Pretty Pennies club, which is in constant competition with the Tiger Hunters, the boys' club headed by Philip Hall. At the end of the novel, Elizabeth finally beats Philip in the 4-H calf-raising contest but is still not happy until she, at last, realizes that she and Philip can still be winners and be friends.

ELIZABETH: Elizabeth struggles with what she thinks is her inability to be the best student in the class. She is frightened that Philip will not like her if she beats him in the calf-raising contest. After her mother suggests that maybe she is allowing herself to be "second best" so that Philip will like her, she denies it, but as the novel progresses, Elizabeth begins to strive to do her best, even if that means beating Philip and losing his friendship, and she eventually beats him in the 4-H calf-raising contest.

PHILIP HALL: Philip Hall is an eleven year old boy who is so concerned with what his friends think that he shuns his best friend, Elizabeth, when the boys are around. At the beginning of the novel, Philip takes advantage of Elizabeth's affection by letting her do his stable chores for him and then fails to invite her to his birthday party. A typical young adolescent boy, he teases Elizabeth when her attempts to run a produce stand fail and constantly aggravates her by ignoring her and claiming that a girl could never beat a boy.

ELIZABETH'S MOTHER: Mrs. Lambert knows her daughter's capablities both in and out of school. She pushes Beth to do her best and tries to get her to see that Philip is taking advantage of her. Mrs. Lambert is a very nurturing mother, comforting Elizabeth when she is allergic to each of the three puppies her father gets for her. Very optimistic, she often tells Elizabeth, "In this life you got to be happy about the good things and brave about the bad ones."

INFORMATION TO ENGLISH TEACHERS: This novel, a Newberry Honor Book, is an excellent novel for lower-level readers. The vocabulary is simple enough for them to understand, and the book is short and interesting enough to keep their attention.

PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS: This novel reminds me of the age-old chase between young girls and boys. It always seems that girls become interested in boys long before the boys do the girls. Philip Hall, one of the main characters in this book, is a typical adolescent boy in that he ignores Elizabeth in front of his guy friends and believes that girls are inferior to boys.

This book is about a boy and a girl (main characters). Their names are Beth Lambert and Philip Hall. Beth likes Philip and she wants to find out if Philip really likes her but he won't say anything . Philip beats her in classwork , conniving and just about anything . The story also talks about Beth wanting to go to Philip's birthday but she found out that she can't because he is inviting a lot of boys and he doesn't want to get embarrassed or anything. I liked this book because... I like the relationships between Philp and Beth. I think that you might even like this book because it talks about interesting things like relationships and liking people.

My daugher is six, and although she can read, I found this to be an excellent book to read to her. Beth Lambert is the perfect heroine -- heroic because she finds herself in curious situations and then thinks her way out of them. Love the attention to "chores" and the deft interpersonal gender issues. Just a wonderfully written book. My daughter looks forward to it; we're sorry that the last chapter is coming up tonight....

MY DAUGHTER READ THIS BOOK AND LOVED IT. GREAT CHOICE FOR A GOOD READ.

I just recently read this book after reading the positive reviews. I really enjoyed it and wish I had read it when I was about 11 and lived for cute guys' approval.

The main character goes after her goals even though that means competing against the boy she has a huge crush on. I love that she stays true to herself. She earns respect from others.

I think this would be a great book for any preteen.

I really enjoyed reading this book. The way the book was written was cheerful, light hearted and humorous. When I was reading this book I had a hard time putting it down. It showed the rival between the characters and even though this all came about, they remained close friends. Beth was a sweet girl with a mind of her own. she had a lot of common sense; she was clever and just had a great little personality. There were a few illustrations, which identified with the story and make the story line interesting. My favorite was the illustration of her Mama and Papa in the "Case of the missing turkeys" because the expression on here Papa's face was priceless. I would recommend reading this book to anyone.

Beth Lambert is a lot like me, and I wish that she was here so that she could be my best friend. I mean she's so much fun to be with, and sometimes I don't like Philip Hall at all. This book was the most fun book I have ever read. I wrote Bette Greene a letter on her website bettegreene.com and she wrote me back. I showed the letter to my classs.

After reading this I found this book was to be classified under "CAN'T PUT DOWN" catagory.This book is a personal favorite of mine.Bette Green deffenitly has a talent for writting juvinile books.The way she places every verb,ajective and noun is amazing,for you feel that you are standing presicilly next to Beth,her friends,Phill and his friends.I will now end my review with one of my favorite paragraphs: 'Ester followed me out on the porch,where there was a rock the size of a crow's nest and sticking to this rock was a sheet of wide-lined paper.I pulled off the paper,which had been stuck on with a wad of gum, and read aloud: 'Dear Pretty Pennies, You ain't pretty! You ain't pennies! And you ain't never going to beat us neither! President Phillip Hall Bravest of all the brave Tiger Hunters and Lt. Gorden Jennings(also Brave) P.S Why wait for the church picnic to relay race? Meet us at the schoolyard on Saturday and we'll win!'

I thought the book Philip hall likes me I Reckon maybe, Was the best book i've read this year.Why, well i really like the character Beth, she doesn't quite use proper languae .Beth uses the words yall an reckon and she is very facinating to read about .She likes a boy name philip hall.gets 3 dogs but has to give them up because she has a nose cold.but somethig else happpens in the book but your going to have to get the book an read for yourself.

I love this book. I'm in 5th grade and my teacher recomended this for me and it's so cute! I love this book and would recomended to anyone else!