Tooter Pepperday

by Jerry Spinelli

Overview

A charming rural romp chapter book from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new middle grade novel, Dead Wednesday!

The Pepperday family is moving to Aunt Sally’s farm. Mr. Pepperday, Mrs. Pepperday, and Chuckie Pepperday are happy as hogs in slop. But Tooter Pepperday is not. There’s no cable TV, no playground, and she’s gone three days without pizza! What does a girl have to do to show her family she’ll never get used to life on the farm?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307830227
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	04/24/2013
Series:	A Stepping Stone Book: A Stepping Stone Book Humor , #1
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,017,851
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Jerry Spinelli is the author of more than a dozen books for young readers, including Maniac Magee, winner of the Newbery Medal, and Stargirl, a New York Times bestseller and an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults. Spinelli made his picture book debut with My Daddy and Me, a loving tribute to fathers and sons.

Editorial Reviews

On the day her family moves to Aunt Sally's farm, Tooter handcuffs herself to the bathroom sink. How will she exist without fast food and pizza delivery? She thinks farm life stinks, literally and figuratively. Sabotage is her style, and she doesn't change her attitude until she's given an egg to incubate. Not surprisingly, the chick hatches and Tooter comes to love the farm, but along the way, there are enough farm jokes and silly scenes (Tooter steps in goat poop) to keep readers turning the pages. It's a bit like Ramona meeting Ma and Pa Kettle.

Mary Harris Veeder

Tooter is a real-life, plucky, resourceful heroine . . . in a good sound story that has a lot to say about the choices we make and the impact they have.”—Booklist

“Tooter Pepperday . . . is sure to bring on the chuckles and the giggles.”—School Library Journal

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