- Fiction, Honesty, Household Moving, Juvenile fiction
After moving to another state, seventh grader Bobby deals with the change by telling people at school made-up stories and then retreating into his world of pet spiders and books about spiders.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Classical in form, spare, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
YesNoUnclear
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Ralph J. Fletcher
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 183
- Publisher
- Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Random House Children's Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780440414834
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 3 want to.
First sentence
“"Bobby!" Bobby blinked and looked up from the journal.”
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
That Summer 199691% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, earnest.
Best Friends 200888% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, contemporary.
Both classical in form, contemporary, spare.
The Neighbor Favor 202387% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, contemporary.
Keeping the moon 200087% alikeBoth classical in form, contemporary, earnest.
Lotsa de Casha 200586% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, contemporary.
Those Who Wait 202086% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, contemporary.
Hachimitsu to kurōbā 200286% alikeBoth classical in form, spare, contemporary.
Family by Choice 202490% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, spare, earnest.
Honey Lemon Soda 202590% alikeTelevision · Both classical in form, contemporary, earnest.