Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Paperback)

by Judy Blume (Author) "I'M glad there's only one more week of school before summer vacation..." (more)
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"Sheila's ongoing crisis of image is as easy to identify with as it is to laugh at."--Kirkus Reviews -- Review

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"Sheila's ongoing crisis of image is as easy to identify with as it is to laugh at."--Kirkus Reviews

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Yearling; Other Printing edition (March 15, 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440467012
• ISBN-13: 978-0440467014
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,278,718 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wake up your mind to a GREAT book!, June 27, 2005

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This review is from: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Paperback)

I'm nine! I am very picky about books. I was looking in the basement for books because I didn't like the books that my mom took out from the library. Then guess what I found? I found a book called Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great! It was about a girl who is scared of stuff. (But she lies and makes it out like she is so great.) What will happens when she lies to her friends? Will they figure it out? This is a great book for bedtime stories, class reading books, and for fun reading!I hope you buy this book and enjoy it like I did!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a perfect book to read over the summer., June 30, 1998

By A Customer

Sheila is a person who is very worried about how she is perceived by other people. She is unsure of herself, and when she doesn't know something, she tells white lies instead of just admitting it. When her family goes to upstate New York for the summer, Sheila is confronted with her fears of dogs and swimming, and in making new friends she must deal with her worries about herself. You may already be familliar with Sheila from the "Fudge" stories, but this book paints a more in depth, endearing picture of her. As always, Judy Blume uses humor to portray situations that might not be so funny were we in them ourselves.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book will knock your socks off!, February 5, 1999

By A Customer

Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great is about a girl named Sheila.Sheila babysits a dog that she really hates!She wants a dog alot but not the dog that she babysits.Sheila wants to get away from home and go to Disneyland but her parents said she could not go.So they went to Tarrytown for a couple of weeks.When they got there they rented a house.They rented the house from a family that had three boys.Sheila got the youngest boys room.When she was unpacking Sheila opened the drawer and there was a note that said,"If you touch any of my stuff, I'll get you some day!" Sheila went to sleep and the next day Sheila met a friend named Meryl but she hated that name so everyone calls her Mouse.Seila learns lots of things in Tarrytown.Read this book and you will find out what she did in Tarrytown and what she learned. You will not put this book down it will knock your socks off.