Synopses & Reviews
In the first new Herbie Jones story since Herbie Jones and the Birthday Showdown, Herbie has a serious problem: His best friend Raymond is moving to Texas. Herbie and Ray try to stop the move by making a mess when people come to buy Ray's house. But after a talk with Grandpa Jones, Herbie realizes that instead of fighting the move, they should celebrate with a big class party. Herbie and his classmates make Ray a special cake and a homemade card and try to act happy for him. But Ray has a surprise up his sleeve-a surprise that might really make them happy!
Review
"As Cleary had done with Ramona, Kline gives readers a character so true to life that he will come to be a friend." -
Booklist
About the Author
Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous
Horrible Harry books and four books about
Song Lee, lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.
Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.
Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.
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