Veronica Ganz [Hardcover]

Marilyn Sachs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1997

Every new kid learns the hard way--no one messes with Veronica Ganz. She's bigger than everyone else, and meaner, too. When shrimpy Peter Wedemeyer starts acting up, Veronica knows she has to show him who's boss--but Peter finds a million sneaky ways to get to her. Veronica hates it. She's got to come up with a new way to settle the score.

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About the Author

Marilyn Sachs worked as a children’s librarian for The Brooklyn Public Library and The San Francisco Public Library. She has written over forty award winning books. VERONICA GANZ was selected by the American Library Association as a Notable Book. She lives with her husband in San Francisco. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844668966
• ISBN-13: 978-0844668963
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,042,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book!, October 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Veronica Ganz (Hardcover)

I read this as an insecure fourth grader. Like Veronica, I was clumsy and bigger than everyone else, so I was teased a lot. I admired Veronica and the way she never let anyone push her around. Kids were really wild growing up, and I wanted to be like Veronica; brave and strong, taking no guff from anyone! I thought it was cool the way the author attempts to show that women/girls aren't the weaker sex. All my life people told me that men are better than women, etc., and this book settled the score! Now when I think about it, it is a bit unusual for a bully to be female; usually female bullies might have been victims of abuse or something. Veronica comes from a broken home and she and her sister Mary Rose Ganz are from her mother's first marriage. In the 1940's when this story took place, divorce was unusual. Anyway Veronica lives with her mother, sister, and her stepfather and half brother Stanley, and Veronica feels like she has to stand up for herself and her family. It seems like their real dad is distant; they haven't seen him since they were babies, and all he does is send letters and money. And he apparently has always been breaking their hearts by saying that he's coming to visit and then cancelling at the last minute, anyway, Veronica says she couldn't care less but i think deep down it hurts her, and her sister is always crying and devistated over their father not coming. I think that's the cause of VEronica's behavior towards others, and i think she has a lot of anger inside. She gets irritate easily, and usually when she lets people have it, she is successful, until Peter moves to town, and he gives her heck and she chases him for months. It is neat the way the story ends, and I don't want to tell it and spoil it for anyone, but anyway another comment i have is that although i appreciate the way this book stands up for the female gender, i think it went a little overboard in that it sort of put men down by making them seem like wimps. I guess Veronica had a lot of problems being lonely and insecure and not having a father in the home, even though her stepfather was a nice guy. WHat bothered me was the way Veronica was always complaining about her stepfather and her mother always screamed at him. However,it was a totally awesome book and the author is cool and she has a point in all this!

5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood Remembered, August 25, 2011

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Marie Farrell (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veronica Ganz (Paperback)

I was probably 9 or 10 when I first read this book. That was a good 20 something years ago! I still remember "Veronica Ganz doesn't wear pants!" and I can still see the simple black & white line drawings. I checked it out from the local library & I believe I still owe them money because I returned it very late without ever finishing it. I was a terribly slow reader (still am). This book has haunted me as something I've loved & cherished from a not so good childhood. I remember laughing & being so enthralled in what Veronica was up to. I can honestly say this book had a HUGE impact on my youth & what reading means to me now. I need to get a copy for myself so I can re-experience it all the whole way through this time! ...and without library fines!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Veronica!, May 9, 2011

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C. Rushforth "C. Rushforth" (Jacksonville, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Veronica Ganz (A Puffin Novel) (Mass Market Paperback)

I was a child of the 70's. I read this book after watching an episode of "From Cover to Cover" What do I remember? "Veronica Gantz doesn't wear pants!!!" I know that is probably not significant to someone wanting a review,but consider that I was probably 9, 10 or 11 when I read it and I am going to be 47 this year. While it is not in this book, I do remember details from another one of Sachs novels, that involved the main character cutting out photographs of jewelry to wear. Veronica is in that one too.