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Fudge is back and he's discovered money in a big way. He's making his own "Fudge Bucks," dressing as a miser for Halloween and thumbing through catalogs before bed, choosing birthday and Christmas presents years in advance - much to the embarrassment of his family, especially older brother Peter, who's just starting 7th grade. But things begin to change when the Hatchers discover their long-lost relatives, The Howie Hatchers of Honolulu, Hawaii - not exactly your everyday family. With new cousins, Flora and Fauna, and 4 year old Farley Drexel - yes, that's right, another Farley Drexel! - the stage is set for a wild and wacky beginning to a new school year
Author Notes
Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 12, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in education from New York University in 1961. Her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969. Her other books include Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; and Blubber. Her adult titles include Wifey, Smart Women, Summer Sisters, and In the Unlikely Event. In 1996, she received the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2004, she received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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Reviews (5)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Fans of Superfudge and Fudge-a-Mania will welcome the return of seventh-grader Peter Hatcher and his five-year-old brother, Fudge, who in this comical caper meet distant cousins from Hawaii. The two families unexpectedly encounter one another in Washington, D.C., where the New York City Hatchers have gone so that Fudge, who has developed an obsession with money, can visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Howie Hatcher clan proves an eccentric lot. Twins Fauna and Flora, unironicially nicknamed the Natural Beauties, would be in Peter's grade if they weren't home-schooled; apt to break into corny songs at any moment, they perform together as the Heavenly Hatchers. Their younger brother, who shares Fudge's real name (Farley Drexel), acts like a dog, growling and licking people. And their father won't stop calling Peter's dad "Tubby." Narrator Peter grits his teeth when the Honolulu Hatchers invite themselves to Manhattan to stay in his family's cramped apartment, where nestled in their sleeping bags on the living room floor they "slept flat on their backs, like a row of hot dogs in their rolls. All that was missing was the mustard and the relish." The boy is further appalled when the twins show up at his school and convene an assembly so that they can sing. Peter's wry reactions to the sometimes outsize goings-on, Fudge's inimitable antics and the characters' rousing repartee contribute to the sprightly clip of this cheerful read. Ages 8-12. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
(Intermediate) Double Fudge, yet another book featuring the precocious kid who drives his older brother nuts, picks up right where Fudge-a-Mania (rev. 1/91) left off, with the Hatcher family just home from their vacation in Maine. The family comedy this time around involves Dad's long-lost cousin Howie Hatcher, his wife, and their kids: singing-and-dancing twin girls Flora and Fauna and their little brother Farley Drexel, named after the same uncle as Fudge. Fans will find Cousin Howie and clan humorously annoying; others will find them simply annoying. And Fudge's new obsession with money-he asks people how much money they have, tries to buy things with his homemade ""Fudge Bucks,"" etc.-is more tiresome than amusing. The book won't tempt those who have had their fill of Fudge, but for readers with an intense craving for yet another serving, Double Fudge will likely prove, if not double the fun, fun enough. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Gr. 4^-6. The Hatcher Clan, introduced in Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972), appears in a fourth sequel. Written in the voice of Fudge's funny, long-suffering older brother Peter, the story begins as Fudge (Farley Hatcher) develops an obsession with money. When Fudge starts creating "Fudge Bucks," the worried Hatchers take a family trip to Washington, D.C., to show Fudge how money is really made. On the trip, the Hatchers run into long-lost Cousin Howie Hatcher from Honolulu and his eccentric family, which includes, much to Fudge's outrage, another Farley Drexel Hatcher, a "disaster" of a three-year-old whose manic energy mimics a younger Fudge's. Peter's patience is thoroughly tested when the Howie Hatchers arrive in New York unannounced and cram themselves into the family's cramped apartment for an extended visit. Money is a theme that is rare in contemporary children's literature for this age group, but after an interesting start, Blume leaves the subject undeveloped; once the colorful relatives enter the scene, Fudge forgets his fascination with the green stuff. Although this, along with several other slim plot threads, contributes to a chaotic, somewhat disjointed, whole, the jerky pace reinforces the sense of messy family confusion that many children will recognize. And, as usual, Blume's humor and pitch-perfect ear for sibling rivalry and family dynamics will have readers giggling with recognition. Newcomers and Fudge fans alike will savor this installment in the well-loved series. --Gillian Engberg
School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-5-A worthy successor to Superfudge (1980) and Fudge-a-Mania (1990, both Dutton). Peter Hatcher is now entering seventh grade and apprehensive that no one will remember him since his family spent the past year in Princeton, NJ. Five-year-old Fudge is obsessed with money-acquiring it, talking and singing about it, and counting it. He even creates his own currency, Fudge Bucks. To try to curb this fixation, the family takes a trip to Washington, DC, to visit the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, and runs into Mr. Hatcher's long-lost cousin. Howie, his wife Eudora, twin daughters Flora and Fauna, and four-year-old son Farley are traveling through the East Coast before moving to Florida. Of course, a visit to New York City is in their plans. A few weeks later, the relatives arrive and set out their sleeping bags. Two nights turn into four, then seven, and then Howie announces that he is subletting an apartment in the building for six weeks. It is a tough time for Peter, culminating at Halloween when Fudge and Farley are trapped in the building's elevator while trick-or-treating. Peter is a real 12-year-old with all the insecurities and concerns of that age. And nothing can suppress the personality of Fudge, who even renames Washington, Fudgington.-Terrie Dorio, Santa Monica Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Fudge Hatcher and his friends are back in the fifth installment of Blume's popular series. Five-year-old Fudge's newest obsession is money; he wants it so badly he even resorts to printing some of his own. On his first day of school, he finds a new friend, Richie Potter, who is endlessly interesting to Fudge: he's wealthy and not embarrassed to talk about money the way Fudge's family is. In order to take away some of the mystique about money, Fudge's parents plan a family trip to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. This does little to stem his interest, but it does allow Fudge's father to run into a long-lost relative, Howie. This convenient coincidence pushes the narrative away from the story of Fudge and money to a rather unbelievable storyline. Howie's family is made up of his pregnant wife Eudora, 12-year-old twins Flora and Fauna (also known as "the natural beauties"), and four-year-old Farley Drexel Hatcher, which is also Fudge's real name. Howie insists on calling Fudge's father Tubby, a not-so-subtle reference to Mr. Hatcher's rotund childhood shape. The meandering plot turns into National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation when the homeschooling Hawaiian Hatchers invite themselves to stay in the already-crowded apartment shared by Peter, Fudge, baby Tootsie, and their parents. The apartment is strained to the breaking point as the pushy visitors overstay their welcome, invite themselves to Peter's school, and try everyone's patience. Too much is going on here, both in the Hatcher household and in Blume's story. Many of the plot strands are left hanging or are too neatly tied up. There's the bird who mysteriously loses his power to speak, and the artist whose paintings are made up of baby's footprints in paint. Add to that the Hawaiian cousins who sing showtunes. A few laughs can not redeem this busy, surprisingly unfunny book. (Fiction. 8-12)
Excerpts
Excerpts
Chapter 1 The Miser When my brother Fudge was five, he discovered money in a big way. "Hey, Pete," he said one night as I was getting out of the shower. "How much would it cost to buy New York?" "The city or the state?" I asked, as if it were a serious question. "Which is bigger?" "The state, but all the good stuff is in the city." People who don't live in the city might disagree, but I'm a city kind of guy. "We live in the city, right?" Fudge said. He was sitting on the open toilet seat in his pajamas. "You're not doing anything, are you?" I asked as I toweled myself dry. "What do you mean, Pete?" "I mean you're sitting on the toilet, and you haven't pulled down your pj's." He swung his feet and started laughing. "Don't worry, Pete. Only Tootsie still poops in her pants." Tootsie is our little sister. She'll be two in February. Fudge watched as I combed my wet hair. "Are you going someplace?" he asked. "Yeah, to bed." I got into clean boxers and pulled a T-shirt over my head. "Then how come you're getting dressed?" "I'm not getting dressed. Starting tonight, this is what I wear instead of pajamas. And how come you're still up?" "I can't go to sleep until you tell me, Pete." "Tell you what?" "How much it would cost to buy New York City." "Well, the Dutch paid about twenty-four dollars for it back in the sixteen hundreds." "Twenty-four dollars?" His eyes opened wide. "That's all?" "Yeah, it was a real bargain. But don't get your hopes up. That's not what it would cost today, even if it were for sale, which it's not." "How do you know, Pete?" "Believe me, I know!" "But how?" "Listen, Fudge . . . by the time you're twelve there's a lot of stuff you know, and you don't even know how you know it." He repeated my line. "There's a lot of stuff you know and you don't even know how you know it!" Then he laughed like crazy. "That's a tongue twister, Pete." "No, that's just the truth, Fudge." The next day he was at it again. In the elevator he asked Sheila Tubman, "How much money do you have, Sheila?" "That's not a polite question, Fudgie," she told him. "Nice people don't talk about their money, especially in these times." Sheila gave me a look like it was my fault my brother has no manners. I hope she's not in my class this year. I hope that every year, and every year she's there, like some kind of itch you can't get rid of, no matter how hard you scratch. "I'm nice," Fudge said, "and I like to talk about money. You want to know how much I have?" "No," Sheila told him. "It's nobody's business but yours." He told her anyway. I knew he would. "I have fourteen dollars and seventy-four cents. I mise my money every night before I go to sleep." "You mise your money?" Sheila asked. Then she shook her head at me like it's my fault he thinks mise is a word. Henry, who runs the elevator in our building, laughed. "Nothing like having a miser in the family." "You don't have to be a miser, Fudge," Sheila said. "If you like counting money so much, you can work at a bank when you grow up." "Yeah," Fudge said. "I can work at a bank and mise my money all day long." Sheila sighed. "He doesn't get it," she said to me. "He's only Þve," I reminded her. "Almost six," he reminded me. Then he tugged Sheila's arm. "Hey, Sheila . . . you know how much the Dude paid for New York City?" "The Dude?" Sheila asked. "Is this some kind of joke?" "Not the Dude, " I told Fudge. "The Dutch ." "His name was Peter Minuit," Sheila said, like the know-it-all she is. "And he paid the Wappinger Indian tribe in trinkets, not cash. Besides, the Indians thought they were going to share the land, not sell it." "Sharing is good," Fudge said. "Except for money. I'll never share my money. My money is all mine. I love my money!" "That's a disgusting thing to say," Sheila told him. "You're not going to have any friends if you talk that way." By then the elevator reached the lobby. "Your brother has no values," Sheila said as we walked to the door of our building. Outside, she turned and headed toward Broadway. "How much do values cost?" Fudge asked me. "Not everything's for sale," I told him. "It should be." Then he skipped down to the corner singing, "Money, money, money . . . I love money, money, money . . ." That's when I knew we were in big trouble. "It's just a stage," Mom told me later when I pointed out that Fudge is obsessed by money. "Maybe, but it's still embarrassing," I said. "You better do something before school starts." But Mom didn't take me seriously until that night at dinner when Dad said, "Please pass the salt, Fudge." "How much will you give me for it?" Fudge asked. The saltshaker was sitting right in front of him. "Excuse me," Dad said. "I'm asking for a favor, not hiring someone to do a job." "If you hire me I'll pass the salt," Fudge said. "How about a dollar?" "How about nothing?" I said, reaching for the salt and passing it to Dad. "No fair, Pete!" Fudge shouted. "He asked me, not you." "Thank you, Peter," Dad said and he and Mom shared a look. "I told you, didn't I?" I said to them. "I told you we have a big problem." "What problem?" Fudge asked. "You!" I said. "Foo!" Tootsie said from her baby seat, as she threw a handful of rice across the table. "What's the difference between dollars and bucks?" Fudge asked the next morning at breakfast. He was drawing dollar signs all over the Cheerios box with a red marker. "Bucks is just another word for dollars," Mom told him, moving the cereal box out of his reach. "Nobody says bucks anymore," I said. "Where'd you hear about bucks? " "Grandma was reading me a story and the guy called his money bucks, " Fudge said. "He had Þve bucks and he thought that was a lot. Is that funny or what?" He shoveled a handful of dry Cheerios into his mouth, then washed them down with a swig of milk. He refuses to mix his cereal and milk in a bowl like everyone else. "Five dollars is nothing to sneeze at," Dad said, carrying Tootsie into the kitchen. "I remember saving for a model airplane that cost four dollars and ninety-nine cents, and in those days that was a lot." Dad sat Tootsie in her baby seat and doled out some Cheerios for her. "Somebody's been decorating the cereal box," he said. "Yeah . . . the miser's learned to draw dollar signs," I said. It wasn't long before the miser started making his own money. "Fudge Bucks," he told us. "I'm going to make a hundred million trillion of them." And just like that, with one box of markers and a pack of colored paper, he was on his way. "Soon I'll have enough Fudge Bucks to buy the whole world." "Why don't you start with something smaller," I suggested. "You don't want to buy the whole world right off because then you won't have anything to look forward to." "Good idea, Pete. I'll start with Toys 'R' Us." "The kid has no values," I told my parents after Fudge went to bed. They looked at me like I was some kind of crazy. "Well, he doesn't," I said. "He worships money." "I wouldn't go that far," Dad said. "It's not unusual for young children to want things." "I want things, too," I reminded Dad. "But I don't go around obsessing about money." "It's just a phase," Mom said this time. We could hear Fudge as he started to sing, "Oh, money, money, money . . . I love money, money, money . . ." As soon as he stopped, Uncle Feather, his myna bird, started. "Ooooo, money, money, money . . ." Turtle, my dog, lifted his head and howled. He thinks he can sing. Dad called, "Fudge . . . cover Uncle Feather's cage and get to sleep." "Uncle Feather's mising his money," Fudge called back. "He's not ready to go to sleep." "How did this happen to us?" Mom asked. "We've always worked hard. We spend carefully. And we never talk about money in front of the children." "Maybe that's the problem," I told them. Excerpted from Double Fudge by Judy Blume All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.
