The Pain and the Great One

Author	Judy Blume
Genre	Children's Fiction
Media	Book
Publisher	Macmillan Children's Books
ISBN	9780230700277
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Reviewer	Debbie

Synopsis

The Pain (aka Jake Porter) is six years old. His sister, The Great One (aka Abigail Porter), is eight. Like any siblings they drive each other crazy. The Pain is sure his parents love The Great One much more than him. The Great One is sure The Pain is loved way more than her. In funny, characterful episodes, the Porter family comes to life as The Pain and The Great One battle it out in the small dramas of everyday life. In Cool Zone they stand up to mean bully, Roger Culley; rescue bruno the stuffed elephant from the jaws of death; Abigail discovers chasing boys is no fun once they're caught, and Jake becomes a top waiter!

Review

What a great book for brothers with older sisters, or the other way around. The older child always seems to know better but, everyone knows that older siblings can be a pain; but they can also be a great support when things go wrong.

I love the way these stories are written and the way the older sister just has to have the last word! But little brother Jake will one day just say the right thing at the right time and he does, much to the shock of his big sister!

This a great little book the second in the series, and a great series for six to seven year olds to read to themselves. I would quite like to hear these on a disc for travel in the car or bedtime listening. They are fun, and there is a great deal of truth to be learned by young and old alike when they listen to these tales.

Well done Judy for an enchanting but very cleverly thought up book roll out some more ASAP.