Judy Moody Gets Famous! : OUT OF PRINT see 9780763648534 by Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds; By (Author) Megan McDonald
	ISBN-10:   0763619310 ISBN-13:   9780763619312 Publisher:   Random House PS [IN]; Candlewick Press Series:   Judy Moody Ser. Category:   Beginning Readers, Reading Series Pub. Date:   April 2003 Pages:   144 Format:   Paperback Ages:   6 to 10
Awards
2002  ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Awards (USA)  Winner!  2004  Children's Book Award (North Carolina) (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2005  Land of Enchantment Book Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2004  Young Reader's Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree  2004  Iowa Children's Choice Award (USA)  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION MOODY, JUDY (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER)_FICTION BROTHERS AND SISTERS_FICTION JEALOUSY_FICTION
Description/Notes
Judy Moody marched into third grade on a plain old Thursday, in a plain old ordinary mood. That was before Judy got stung by the Queen Bee. Judy sat down at her desk, in the front row next to Frank Pearl. 'Hey, did you see Jessica Finch?' asked Frank in a low voice. 'Yeah, so? I see her every day. She sits catty-cornered behind me.' 'She's wearing a crown.' Judy turned to look at Jessica, then whispered to Frank, 'Where'd she get that? Burger Barn?' 'I don't know,' said Frank. 'Ask her. She says it's bejeweled.' 'Well, it looks be-dumb, if you ask me,' said Judy, though secretly she admired the sparkling ruby-like gems. 'Hey, are those real rubies?' Judy asked Jessica. 'They're costume jewelry,' Jessica said. 'Who are you dressing up as? The Queen of England?' 'No, I'm the Queen Bee,' said Jessica. 'I won the N. V. Spelling Bee on Saturday.' 'The envy spelling bee?' Judy asked. Judy didn't envy anybody who had to spell long words into a microphone with a million and one people staring bug-eyed at her. She knew those people were silently yelling FLUB IT UP because they wanted their own kid to win. 'Not envy. N. V. As in Northern Virginia.' 'Oh,' said Judy. 'Is that where you got the crown?' 'It's a tiara,' said Jessica. 'T-I-A-R-A. A tiara is a fancy crown like the Queen of England wears. Queen of the Bee has to know tons of definitions.' 'What word did you win for?' Judy asked. 'Frank wants to know,' she added, in case Jessica thought she was interested. 'Artichoke. It's a fourth-grade word.' Artichoke! Judy could barely spell meatloaf! Give me S-C-I-E-N-C-E any day, she thought. Was that the rule? I before E? Or was it E before I? 'I have spelling posters in my room at home,' said Jessica. 'With all the rules. I even have a glow-in-the dark one.' 'That would give me spelling nightmares. I'll take my glow-in-the-dark skeleton poster any day. It shows all two hundred and six bones in the body!' 'Judy,' said Mr. Todd. 'The back of your head is not nearly as interesting as the front. And so far I've seen more of it today than I'd like.' 'Sorry,' said Judy, facing front again. Jessica tapped Judy and passed her a folded page from the newspaper. Right there, SMACK-DAB in the MIDDLE of the newspaper for the whole world to see, was a picture of Jessica Finch. It even said LOCAL GIRL BECOMES QUEEN BEE in big fat headline letters. 'My dad says I got my fifteen minutes of fame,' Jessica whispered to the back of Judy's head. Judy did not turn around. She was green with N-V. Jessica A. Finch, Queen of the Dictionary, Class 3T, was famous! Judy could not help thinking how stupendous it would feel to be able to spell better than meatloaf and be the Queen Bee and wear a tiara. To get her own picture in the paper! But she, Judy Moody, felt about as famous as a pencil. As soon as Judy got home from school, she decided to memorize the dictionary. But she got stuck on aardwolf. Three lousy words. Who ever heard of an aardwolf anyway? Silly old termite-eater. It had a pointy little head and beady little eyes and a pinched-up face that looked just like . . . Jessica A. Finch! Jessica Aardwolf Finch might be famous, but she was also a silly old termite-eater. Since Jessica had become Queen Bee with the word artichoke, Judy decided to skip the dictionary and spell all the vegetables in the refrigerator instead. 'Do we have any artichokes?' Judy asked her mother, opening the door of the fridge. 'Since when did you start liking artichokes?' asked Mo 'This sequel to JUDY MOODY handily matches the original in zip and wit . . . Even Judy could spell two words that describe both the plot and its heroine: f-r-e-s-h and f-u-n-n-y.'—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review) Everyone knows that Judy Moody has a mood for every occasion, and this time she’s in a jealous mood. Jealous of classmate Jessica Finch, that is, who gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper, just for winning a spelling bee. But when Judy Moody sets off in pursuit of her own fame and happiness, watch out! She is so determined, she just might find it - or will she merely become more infamous than ever? In this sequel to 'Judy Moody,' jealousy rears its ugly head when classmate Jessica Finch gets her picture on the front page of the newspaper for winning a spelling bee. When Judy sets off on her own pursuit of fame, she might become infamous instead. Illustrations.