Rotten Ralph's Rotten Family: A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader (Rotten Ralph Rotten Readers, 6) - Hardcover

Gantos, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374363536 ISBN 13: 9780374363536

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2014

Synopsis

Rotten Ralph's owner, Sarah, is fed up with her red rascal's behavior. Ralph is tired of Sarah trying to change him. He misses his cat family, which never made him alter a thing about himself. But in this gag- and guffaw-filled adventure for newly independent readers, the world's favorite rotten red cat gets tripped up when he runs away for a journey down memory lane.

About this title

About the Author

Jack Gantos was raised in the town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, and many other places, and now lives in Boston. In addition to his twenty Rotten Ralph books, he is also the author of the Joey Pigza series, the Jack Henry story collections, and two novels about Norvelt, including the Newbery Medal winner, Dead End in Norvelt.

Nicole Rubel has illustrated all the Rotten Ralph books as well as her own autobiographical novel, It's Hot and Cold in Miami. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2—Ralph's fans will welcome this new addition, though the adventure rolls out in the usual way and predictably ends with the naughty feline showing a momentary display of sweetness. In this episode, Sarah has to decline a party invitation because she can't find a single cat sitter in town willing to spend time with Ralph. His reputation has impacted his best friend's life, and she sends him to his room, demanding that he change his ways. Ralph waxes nostalgic about the good old days when he lived with his own cat family. But a visit to the family farm reveals relatives just as rotten as he is and reinforces the fact that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Some readers may be perplexed by the difference between Ralph's vividly depicted childhood memories and reality. The transformation makes sense only if one assumes that the pictures in Ralph's mind are candy-coated, and this recognition may prompt some meaningful discussions about human behavior and also serve as a lesson in inference. Rubel's signature cartoon illustrations contain all the humor one could want in this latest chapter book about the incorrigible yet charismatic cat.—Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0374363536
• ISBN 13: 9780374363536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Rubel Nicole