Fudge is actually a tiny terror in disguise. I always like it when an author is able to read their own work and actually give it personality. Life with his little brother, two-year-old Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. An excellent book brought excellently to life, and by its author no less. The author knows what is or her characters should sound like and Judy does them justice, from Peter to his parents, even Fudge's temper tantrums. I've always been rather skeptical of authors reading their own novels since some just don't have the voice for it (Stephen King comes to mind for me rather quickly as does Douglas Adams), but Judy, though she took a little bit of getting used to, grew on me. Audible had this book, read by the lady of the hour herself. Such misadventures include Fudge causing Peter's advertiser father to lose a potential client, to jumping off a set of monkey bars and losing a few of his own teeth, culminating in an act so bizarre even now I find it hard to imagine. It tells the story of Peter Hatcher and the trials and tribulations he goes through having a little brother like Farley Drexel AKA Fudge. Just as generations of fans have loved the Fudge books, generations of Judy's family have inspired them. She is thrilled to be celebrating its 30th Anniversary with the publication of Double Fudge. I've been a fan of this book since a teacher read it to me and the rest of my class when I was in, fittingly enough, the fourth grade. Judy's first book in the Fudge series, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, was published in 1972.
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