McDonald, Megan. 2003. Judy Moody predicts the future. Illus. by Peter H. Reynolds. Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA. ISBN: 076362343-1.
It all started with a mood ring. Megan McDonald writes another entertaining and endearing tale for our third grade heroine Judy Moody. Judy eats enough cereal to find the mood ring in the box. Through a series of manipulated events, she convinces her brother, Stink, that she can predict the future. Using her ring, she works to convince her classmates that she can predict the future. Her classmates are skeptical but are won over when Judy predicts the romance of her teacher to a visiting artist. Judy Moody lives up to her name. Readers experience the Judy’s third grade happiness, anger, disappointment, and contentment through Ms. McDonald’s simplistic sentence structure, dialogue, and word choice. Ms. McDonald effectively writes as a third grader thinks without oversimplification and poor grammar. Mr. Reynold’s charming, black and white illustrations are inserted into the text. They give readers a deeper glimpse into the mind and soul of Judy. This book would be an excellent addition to any library.
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