Stockard Channing

Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.

Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich Uncle Hobart, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

Beezus and Ramona: Four-year-old Ramona has an imagination that makes her a menace to everyone around her, particularly her older sister, Beezus. Ramona and her father: Ramona tries to help her dad when he loses his job and starts smoking too much.