Fudge A Mania

This book is about a boy named Peter who is 11 or 12 and his little brother Fudge (his real name is Farley Drexel).  Their family goes to Maine for 3 weeks and so does their neighbor Sheila!!  They end up sharing a house.  Fudge (age 5)  plans to marry Sheila (age 11) but instead their widowed/widowered grandparents marry each other. 

I liked this book because it was funny --  Mrs. A thought Uncle Feather was a bird. 

The Great Brain Reforms

Tom reforms at the end after taking a King air rifle and also trying to drown kids on a raft (not on purpose of course, but that's what happened).  I liked this book because Tom was trying to swindle and that was funny.  He also swindled Jimmy, Howard and Parley of the air rifle.  There was a trial to determine if Tom should be punished for his misdeeds -- stealing, cheating and blackmialing.