The Hard-boiled Egg Fad Summary

Mornings at Ramona's house are busy, with each of the four members of her family leaving at different times and going in different directions. Ramona is usually the third to leave, before her mother, and has a few minutes alone with her each day. On this morning, she asks her mother if she remembered to put a hard-boiled eggs in her lunch.

A fad has started among the third graders to have a hard-boiled egg with their lunch. Even though Ramona prefers deviled eggs, she asks for a hard-boiled egg, too, because like her classmates, she likes to crack the eggs in funny ways at lunch.

In class, each student in Ramona's class is given a jar with fruit fly eggs in it for a science project. Ramona makes a fancy label for her jar and is...