At the end of the summer, nine-year-old Robert Ott's life is chugging along very smoothly. How quickly life can change!"Remember me?" the girl said, puffing away her bearlike dog. "I'm Harriet. Most of my friends call me Harri. Do you like to be called Robbie or Bobby?"Just as he is particular about his room, his desk at school, and his cherished backyard plum tree, Robert Ott is particular about his name. It is clear only minutes into his cousin's yearlong visit that she's out to take over everything.No turf is sacred. Harri makes herself at home in the Ott household and then in Robert's fourth-grade classroom. But when she moves in on his beloved plum tree, Robert declares war!The Plum Tree War is one of Bonnie Pryor's funniest, most perceptive novels, in which two quarrelsome fourth-grade cousins discover how much they really have in common.
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From Publishers Weekly
Robert, the beleaguered nine-year-old hero of this lighthearted story, must contend with his hyperkinetic cousin Harriet, newly arrived for a year's stay. Ages 8-10.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-- Robert's life is turned upside down when his cousin Harri moves in. She has a large friendly dog, Monster; is bossy; is in a higher reading group; and, most frustrating, can run faster than he. The final straw is when Monster ruins Robert's Halloween costume and Harri runs away. As in Rats, Spiders and Love (Morrow, 1986), Pryor uses a problem as the centerpiece of a funny look at growing up. The plum tree, Robert's favorite place, is the center of arguments between the two. Although amusing, the book is also a vehicle to show how trade books are better than basal readers, for Robert's reading improves when he begins reading the "Chronicles of Narnia." The ending is too pat as Robert and Harri decide to give up caring for a fawn they had rescued and decide to form a club to study wild animals. Robert declares he can be called "Robbie" and makes friends with the woman next door who has been lending him books, and Harri agrees to clean her room and be more polite to adults. Although this is a fun read, and one with which many children will identify, the perfect ending reduces its realism. --Margaret C. Howell, West Springfield Elementary School, Fairfax County, Va.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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