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Synopsis
Leona and her best friend and conspirator, Eddie, plan to cut school together with a package of Fig Newtons, but when Eddie's mother finds out, Leona is left on her own to tackle a disastrous day of truancy.
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From Kirkus Reviews
Events ``gang a-gley'' when Leona and next-door neighbor Eddie plot to stay home from school. Leona convinces her mother that's she's ill, then sneaks through an accommodating tree to Eddie's room with a backpack of goodies--only to discover that he's not home. Trapped in his closet when his mother enters, Leona escapes via the tree, where she leaves her backpack to avoid discovery by the sitter. By this time she really is ill; moreover, her mother, coming home early, finds the backpack. Meanwhile, in school, Eddie fares no better. A klutzy dreamer cursed with bad judgment, he has forgotten to collect leaves for his homework assignment. When he attempts to remedy this oversight with the help of classmate Otis (who always gets him into trouble) he gets caught and is faced with raking leaves as atonement. Still, friendship prevails: in the end, he and Leona are planning a science-fair exhibit, friendship intact and spirits high. Transitional readers will enjoy the good fun enhanced by Hayashi's comical b&w drawings in this fast-paced, entertaining story. (Fiction. 7-10) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
From Publishers Weekly
Playing hooky sounds heavenly to Eddie and Leona. But their plans for a "vacation day" spent reading comics and working on their rock collections soon go awry when Eddie's feigned illness fails to fool his mother. Leona doesn't fare much better, as her mother hires a cranky babysitter for her. Despite their mutual musings about the other's supposed good fortune--Leona wishes she were at school with Eddie, Eddie wishes he were home with Leona--both children have a rotten time. Hayashi's quick-paced text strings together an almost relentless number of incidents; her adventurous tone is sure to hold the attention of readers just graduating from chapter books. Unlike the secondary two-dimensional characters, Eddie and Leona's personalities are sufficiently fleshed out for this genre, and, most admirably, their narratives serve as an excellent introduction to the literary concept of point of view. Illustrations not seen by PW . Ages 7-10.
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- PublisherDutton Juvenile
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0525448640
- ISBN 13 9780525448648
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages106
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