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Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing 2/4

Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing 2/4

Summary p29-60, Relationships, Discussion Qs

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So far we are pretty comfortable with these characters. We know them pretty well. A lot of focus is on Fudge of course. He causes a lot of chaos and his chaos is the source of a lot of action in the book. But what is also true is there are more subtle relationships at work. This section has a ton of major catastrophes. We have a babysitting gone wrong AND a birthday party gone wrong. Peter is our perspective as we read this book and he is pretty naive to his mother’s strain, but even in these pages you/ he can sense her exhaustion and impatience.

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