Judy Moody Predicts the Future

McDonald, Megan

ISBN 10: 1455845582 ISBN 13: 9781455845583

Publisher: Candlewick Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Judy Moody ate one, two, three bowls of cereal. No prize. She poured four, five, six bowls of cereal. Nothing. Seven. Out fell the Mystery Prize. . . .Judy definitely has a mood for every occasion. And now she has a mood ring to prove it! The mood ring’s Extra Special Powers have put Judy in a predicting mood, and her outrageous predictions have everyone wondering if Judy really is psychic. According to "Madame M" (for Moody), the Toad Pee Club’s long-lost mascot will reappear, Judy will earn the coveted Thomas Jefferson tricorn-hat sticker for Great Job, Good Thinking - and love may be the real reason behind her teacher’s new eyeglasses. Will Judy’s latest adventures put kids in a very Judy Moody mood? (Signs point to yes!)

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Review

The third book in Megan McDonald's wonderfully goofy Judy Moody series will leave fans wondering whether the most irrepressible third-grader in Class 3T just might have ESP. (That's either Extra Special Powers, or Extra-Special Skink Powers--in the case of skink-hunting with Judy's brother Stink.)

Our soon-to-be-psychic heroine slurps down seven bowls of cereal one morning before finding what she seeks: "A ring! A silver ring with an oogley centre. A mood ring!" Testing out her possibly prescient ring-powers, though, requires all sorts of experimentation--and working through some "burnt-toast" black moods before transforming completely into "Madame M for Moody."

Judy remains her ebullient self throughout this third instalment, despite "a blucky old math-test," a run-in with her self-assured rival from the last book ("Jessica Finch probably ate fractions for breakfast: 1/4 glass of orange juice, 1/2 piece of toast, 3/4 jar of strawberry jelly!") and a spelling test that doesn't quite produce the grade she predicts. ("Judy didn't see why tor-tee-yah had any l's at all. And zig and zag seemed like two words to her. Who wrote this dictionary anyway? Mrs Merriam and Mr Webster were going to hear from her.")

But by far the biggest surprise that Judy Moody struggles to predict is what a visit from the mysterious crayon lady Ms Tater might really mean. And why is Mr Todd acting so weird? Could her predictions prove prophetic once again? Might there really be little Tater-Todds in her teacher's future? (Ages 6 to 10) --Paul Hughes, Amazon.com

Review

"* "Never boring... A fun, feisty read featuring a suitably flamboyant heroine with a real zest for life." Junior

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1455845582
• ISBN 13: 9781455845583
• Binding: Audio CD