Completely Clementine (2015)

Completely Clementine. Sara Pennypacker. 2015. Disney-Hyperion. 192 pages. [Source: Library]

Completely Clementine is the seventh book in the series. Clementine is just as lovable as in earlier books. I continue to like the series very much. It's interesting to read Clementine so soon after reading all the Ramona books. I definitely love, love, love the Ramona books. But I solidly like the Clementine ones. I think I definitely would have liked them as a kid.

In this book:

• Clementine struggles with saying goodbye to her favorite teacher
• Clementine worries about if she's really ready for fourth grade like her teacher, her parents, and her principal say she is
• Clementine nurtures her anger at her father for not suddenly becoming vegetarian; she refuses to speak to him for most of the book
• Clementine anxiously waits for the birth of her baby sister

I perhaps could have done without the vegetarian element in the story. I'm not sure it's fair for a child to dictate what her parents eat in their own home. And I think she carries the silent treatment a bit too far.

© 2015 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews