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"A humorous peek at the world through the eyes of a precocious third grader. . . . This entertaining journey will have easy-chapter-book readers lining up for the trip." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALJudy Moody cannot believe her ears. There at the lunch table, a girl called Amy Namey is interviewing Judy’s best friends. Even worse, Amy is dressed like Nellie Bly, daredevil woman reporter. Is this girl with the rhyming name destined to be Judy Moody’s new best enemy —- or new best friend? Judy finds some unexpected potholes on the path to friendship as Class 3T takes a tour of the globe, exploring everything from tooth-brushing sticks in Yemen to an Italian "spider dance" along the way. Fans will cheer as Judy masters the challenge of making new friends and keeping the old, for sure and absolute POSITIVO! .
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10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME10. The first book I ever wrote was about a hermit crab, inspired by a pet I once owned. 9. My favorite color is purple. 8. I love to read mysteries. When I was Judy's age, I read all 56 classic Nancy Drew books . . . in order! Jeepers!7. I used to collect scabs so I could examine them under the microscope that I got for my 8th birthday. 6. My four sisters and I often made up our own language, which included the words "Hoidi Boidi", "oogey", "retzel crummypuss" and "poony-poony".5. My favorite TV show is JEOPARDY! 4. To research my Sisters Club book, THE RULE OF THREE, I toured San Francisco in search of the ultimate cupcake. The winner: Sleepless in San Francisco. Think chocolate coffee.3. When I was a kid, I fell down a hill from chasing the ice-cream truck and had to get stitches. 2. When I was a librarian, I used to tell stories in sign language. That's how I got the expression "same-same" for Judy.1. I share a birthday (February 28) with a famous princess, race car driver and gangster, a Rolling Stone, a French tightrope walker, and a winning racehorse named Smarty Jones.
