Ramona and Beezus, director Elizabeth Allen’s big-screen mashup of Beverly Cleary’s series of books about the most beguiling young pest in Portland, Ore., looks like a detergent commercial. It’s all ...

Dad loses his job. Starts smoking because the stress is getting to him. Mom has to get a job to make ends meet. No, it's not reality television. It's the next Youth Theater production at the Sioux ...

Part of Cleary’s popular Ramona Quimby series, this Newbery Honor Book depicts 7-year-old Ramona dealing with her father’s job loss and its effects on the Quimby family.

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