![]() For example, when Fudge goes through that whole refusing-to-eat stage that most kids go through (I never did, but that may be why I was kind of overweight until my teens–it was very Judy Blume) Mom starts first by begging Fudge to eat, and then, what that doesn’t work, Mrs. ![]() Hatcher’s parenting skills are pretty questionable. It was like the children were the only rational characters in the room. What I remember most about this book is how annoying the adults were. ![]() ![]() His two-year-old little brother, Farley (nicknamed Fudge) is basically demon-spawn sent to Earth to torture Peter and make his Mom talk in a baby voice. Most of this story involves nine-year-old Peter Hatcher calmly and coolly dealing with situations that would make most adults throw a full-on temper tantrum. I seriously read the shit out of this book when I was younger. ![]() To thank Judy Blume for her giving us this wonderful work, I was thinking of writing her another fan letter, but I’ve decided to just do a snarky recap of it, instead. I thought that reading Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing would ease my suffering, and boy, was right. So, for the past week or so, I’ve had a really unpleasant case of sinusitis. ![]()
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