Horrible Harry and the Drop of Doom

by Suzy Kline, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)

Overview

It's the last day of second grade for the kids in Room 2B!Everyone's excited about Song Lee's end-of-the-year party at Mountainside Park. Harry can't wait for the scary rides, so when Sidney dares him to go on the newest one he quickly accepts. But then he realizes that this ride has the one and only horrible thing he hates. Will Sidney show everyone Harry's a yellow canary? And will Harry have to live through third grade at Sid's mercy? ?As always, Harry's appeal is that he's both ?gross? and vulnerable.? ?Booklist for Horrible Harry's Secret

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101076828
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	02/01/2000
Series:	Horrible Harry Series , #9
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Lexile:	580L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous Horrible Harry books and four books about Song Lee, lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.

Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.