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Gr 2–4—Everyone in the Big City knows the Ratsos. Third grader Ralphie and fifth grader Louie live with their father, Big Lou, in the animal metropolis. Their mother's unexplained absence has the family resorting to "toughness" as a means of survival. Big Lou tells his sons to "hang tough." These half-pints surmise that talking about your feelings, making friends, and being kind are o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Since their dear mother's departure, Ralphie and Louie Ratso want only one thing: to emulate their father, a tough rat named Big Lou. "'There are two kinds of people in this world,' Big Lou likes to say. 'Those who are tough, and those who are soft.'" And, by golly, tough is what the Ratso brothers are going to be. They walk to school because softies ride the bus; during recess, they spit on the blacktop and glare at everyone because only softies run and play. To c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Wanting to emulate their father, a tough rat named Big Lou, Louie and Ralphie Ratso decide to play mean tricks on classmates and neighbo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More