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Title: Claudia

Author: Barbara Brooks Wallace

Narrator: Christina Moore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Eleven-year-old Claudias parents dont think she should still be wearing torn blue jeans and a boys shirt and playing army with her friend, nine-year-old Duffy. So when her old best friend, Janice, moves back to town, Claudias parents hope the two girls will pick right up where they left off. But rather than starting sixth grade as best friends again, Claudia and Janice soon become worst enemies! Best-selling author Barbara Brooks Wallace continues the adventures of a girl who just wants to be herself in this lively sequel to Hello Claudia!

Members Reviews:

11-year-old devoured this in a day

A great, classic book. My adolescent daughter read it in one day, practically one sitting. I had to force her to take a supper break!

Still relatable

I remember receiving the original Scholastic paperback copy of this book when I was in fourth grade, from the teenage daughter of my parents' friends when she cleaned out her bookshelves and gave me a huge grocery bag full of her discards! This was my favorite of the lot. It's about an eleven year old girl who is eagerly awaiting the return of her best friend, who moved away two years ago. Janice moves back into the neighborhood, but to Claudia's dismay her one-time fellow tomboy has turned into a prissy "young lady." Worse yet, she befriends the equally insipid Polly, once Claudia and Janice's biggest rival, and Claudia is on the outside.

I related to Claudia so much, since some of the girls in my class were already starting to turn into little Janices, all about boys and clothes, whereas I still wanted to play Barbies and watch Disney movies. I literally read it to pieces (that secondhand paperback is long gone) and hunted down another copy - the same Scholastic edition with a picture of a sad, pigtailed Claudia turning away from a smirking Janice and Polly. Since it was published in the late 1960s, it's a bit dated, but still relatable for any pre-teen girl who is not quite ready to cross that fine line between child and young adult.

"BeYourself!" - Excellent Message for Young Girls!

I read this book when I was 11 and dealing with a lot of the same garbage as the character, Claudia. I love this book, and would recommend it highly for young girls. I would also recommend this book for parents who might think there's something "wrong" with their kid - it's a story about a normal young girl who's in no hurry to grow up and just wants to be herself. I completely disagree with the reviewer who thought Claudia might have Aspergers - how ridiculous! Why try to put a label on a kid just becuse they don't quite fit in? This happened to me at 11 years old, and my parents had me tested. Guess what? I was just a normal kid trying to have fun. Adults are always bemoaning the fact that kids want to grow up too soon, but it's the adults who are most responsible for this phenomenon, pushing kids to be "mature" etc. Again, this is a great book for kids & adults alike. Claudia is a terrific girl!

Many Adventure.

Claudia is about a tomboy who gets into many adventures. One adventure winds her up with not being able to play with Duffy(her best friend)anymore. She even has all his furnitures ever since he went away to college and has kept it the same exact way, hasn't painted it or anything. A former friend came to her town after a few years and more different than ever.