Cleary, Beverly

Emily decides that the town of Pitchfork needs a library, and comes up with a plan to make it happen. Can she make her dream come true?.

Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

The happy home life of Socks, the cat, is disrupted by the addition of a new baby to the household.

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

At seven and a half, Ramona sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.