Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and the Great One (Pain and the Great One Series Book 4) Kindle Edition

I liked reading about Fluzzy’s backstory. Wish this story was longer. 7-11 year olds will like this book. Lots of sibling fights.

My favorite 7 yr old is reading chapter books, and loves silly reads. She knew the title and her eyes indicative of great anticipation!She read this on spring break in 24hrs. It's so well written as I think all of Judy's books are. She speaks to the young reader with silly and smart!Get it. Read it to your favorite Kid if they're not reading chapter books yet.

Our 6 and 8 year old children eagerly look forward to releases of "The Pain and The Great One" cds. They can really relate to the stories. No childhood secrets are ruined (like in Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing), but the stories are very realistic and the emotions are, too.

A great book for kids in the young teens and younger its about a sibling rivalry. Its a must read

I did not like the end when fuzzy I think saw a new family I did nit get that part.

Very good story

The sibling duo of Abigail and Jake aka the Great One and the Pain along with their cat Fluzzy narrate the compilation of stories by Judy Blume. In class Jake makes a mistake reading and is so embarrassed he vows never to read out loud again. Abigail argues with a classmate over a story her friend steals from her. Abigail and Jake butt heads and come together in a way all siblings can relate.The stories are fraught with the high emotions of the very young. Blume accurately portrays the actions, thoughts and feelings of the youngsters. She uses a vocabulary suitable for beginning readers.The negative I found was the over usage of he said/she said. It made the prose monotonous and predictable. I listened to the book and cannot comment on the art work. My review and ranking are based solely on the text.Would have given a ranking of 3.5 stars.

What's not to enjoy about Judy Blume?

Fantastic, amazing. My favourite bit is when the Pain scares the Great One with his wolf surfing mask. They get up to lots of interesting things, it's really exciting! Judy Blume is a really great author, and I like all her books I've read so far.

I am 44 years old and I bought this book for myself. Yes, I did it secretly and gleefully. I have been a Judy Blume fan from the time I could read (or she was published; I'm not sure at this point which came first!) and I was appalled that this one was missing from my collection. Buy it. Read it. Enjoy it. Judy Blume never misses!