Fig Pudding by Ralph J. Fletcher
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(Paperback - Reissue)
- Pub. Date: September 1996
- 136pp
- Sales Rank: 30,643
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- ISBN-13: 9780440412038
- ISBN: 044041203X
- Edition Description: Reissue
Synopsis
Eleven-year-old Cliff Abernathy shares his family's trials and tribulations.
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Cliff describes the excitement, conflict, and sudden tragedy experienced by his large and boisterous family during his eleventh year.
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Twelve-year-old Cliff, the eldest of the six Abernathy children, looks back on a year that feels like ``five years crammed into one. With plenty of stuff I want to remember forever. And stuff I wish I could forget.'' In a style reminiscent of Cheaper by the Dozen, this warm story (unobtrusively set in what seems to be the '70s) neatly blends the humor and frustrations of growing up in a large family headed by two sanguine parents. Each chapter, while centering around a particular child, subtly weaves together household events, large and small. In the first vignette, the youngest child is hospitalized just before Christmas and asks only for a ``yidda yadda'' from Santa; the family eventually interprets the demand as a ``little ladder'' and everyone works all night to build one. The episodes smoothly move forward to the family's ultimate crisis: Brad, the gentlest of the children, is killed while riding his bicycle. With remarkable restraint and understatement, Fletcher (I Am Wings: Poems About Love) conveys the bewilderment and grief as each of the Abernathys reacts to this loss. A hopeful ending implies that Brad's memory will live on in the family's exchanges. Ages 8-12. (Apr.)
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Ralph Fletcher has written many well-received books, including Spider Boy and Flying Solo.
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Fig Pudding is so funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!by Yankeedude123
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November 22, 2009: I think Fig It is so funny and it puts you to the edge of the chair. I think im like teddy cause im crazy. My favorite chapters are a yidda yadda and the tackle box. That is why Fig pudding is the best book ever.
Best Book Ever!by BFF810
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November 19, 2009: Im my class we read Fig Pudding by Ralph Fetcher, This book was the best! My favorite character is Teddy because how sneaky he is. I liked this book because it makes you cry, smile and laugh. I hope you like this book! Because I did!
I Also Recommend: The Kid in the Red Jacket, Frindle, Tiger Woods (Sports Heroes and Legends Series), Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Tail of Emily Windsnap #1).
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