Ramona Forever

Consider the male characters in the book. How do their roles and meaning inform the novel’s portrayal of childhood experiences from a female perspective?

What brings Beezus and Ramona closer together throughout the story? Why?

Ramona is sometimes mistaken. By paying close attention to the third-person narrative voice, analyze how the novel shows the reader when she is wrong.

Focus on the description of the wedding to identify and analyze the novel’s use of humor. You may wish to consider situational comedy, irony, farce, subversion, fun, and inter-relational humor.

Ramona has both positive and negative relationships with the adults in her life. Choose an example of each and contrast them. What makes Ramona close with some people and not others?

Why does Ramona believe that being a baby is “hard work”? Use this statement as an end point for the novel’s presentation of empathy.

Ramona hates being “teased.” Why do you think this is important in the novel and its message about respect for the individual?

How do you believe Ramona’s life will change when she becomes a middle child? How could she prepare herself for this change?