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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

By: Judy Blume
Narrated by: Judy Blume
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Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great is the second book in the outrageously funny Fudge series from the iconic Judy Blume.

Sheila hates swimming. And dogs. And ghosts. And thunderstorms. She'll do anything to avoid them all – except admit that she's scared.

Her new friend Mouse Ellis, yo-yo champion of Tarrytown, thinks she's chicken. But Sheila is determined to show everyone that she can be Sheila the Great.

The chaos continues in Superfudge and Fudge-a-Mania.

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Critic reviews

Warm and funny, the five novels about family and school life are brilliantly written and a must for young readers. Expect to hear laughter!
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Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.

When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best friend, Mouse Ellis, who happens to be a crackerjack swimmer and a dog lover.

What will it take for Sheila to admit to the Tarrytown kids -- and to herself -- that she's only human?

My comments:

I read the fudge books as a child although I did not read this one or double fudge. I only read tales of a forth grade nothing, Super fudge and fudgemania. Given I needed some short books to help toward meting my reading challange I decided to revisit my childhood and read this series again. Judy Blume reads the books herself which makes them even more exciting to listen to as she does a really good job.

While I did enjoy this one, I do like the fudge books slightly better than this as I am not really a fan of Shila as a character. I'm looking forward to getting onto super fudge next.

Funny and a nice reminder of childhood.

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