Author: Patricia Polacco
Genre: Sibling Rivalry / Family / Humor / School / Sports
Year Published: 2006
Year Read: 2013
Publisher: Philomel
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Some Rude Behavior)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I have been reading Patricia
Polacco’s works for many years now and after reading one of her works “My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother,” I
just had to read more about Patricia
Polacco’s brother Richie! So, I just
recently picked up “Rotten Richie and
the Ultimate Dare” and I have to say that I was really impressed with this
book!
Trisha knows how hard it is to deal with her annoying older
brother Richie, especially when he starts making fun of Trisha’s ballet
class! So to teach him a lesson, Trisha
dares Richie to perform in the ballet recital with her. But Richie will only do it on one condition:
Trisha has to play the big hockey game with him!
Wow! I was totally amazed by this book! Patricia
Polacco, as always, has done a brilliant job at telling the readers her
life story as a child, with her “Richie”
books being the funniest among her collection!
I loved the way that Patricia
Polacco showed the sibling rivalry between her and her older brother Richie
as it was interesting to see and it slightly reminded me of how I get along
with my siblings! I also loved the plot
of this story about Trisha wanting to show Richie that ballet is not as easy as
it look with Richie doing the same about letting Trisha play hockey with
him. I like how the two siblings learn
to have a better understanding of each other as they both try out the different
activities that the other sibling usually plays at and it was interesting
seeing how their experiences with doing different activities made them grow as
characters. Patricia Polacco’s illustrations are as usual gorgeous to look at
as the characters look extremely realistic and I loved the outfits that Richie
and Trisha are both wearing as Trisha wears a lovely pink ballet costume and
Richie wears a large red hockey suit with “Beavers 13” printed on it.
Overall, “Rotten
Richie and the Ultimate Dare” is a brilliant follow up to “My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother” and
anyone who is a huge fan of books about sibling rivalry will definitely enjoy
this book! I would recommend this book
to children ages five and up since the name calling that Trisha and Richie engage
in such as Richie calling Trisha “twerp” might be a bit inappropriate for
younger children.
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