Peter Hatcher has a three-year-old brother named Farley Drexel Hatcher, but he prefers to be called Fudge. Fudge is constantly causing problems for Peter, and Peter, being the older brother, has to put up with it and set a good example for Fudge. Sometimes he feels as though he doesn’t exist. This annoys Peter, especially when their mom puts Peter in charge. Peter can take some things, like doing things so Fudge will do them or getting blamed when Fudge gets hurt at the playground, but when Fudge ruins Peter’s big assignment he almost cannot take it. It’s when Fudge gulps down Peter’s turtle that Peter has the last straw. How will Peter get his parents to realize that he is part of the family, too, and that he shouldn’t be ignored just because Fudge is the youngest?
Just about anyone can relate to being an older (or younger) sibling and what it is like to be annoyed by and blamed on for everything the younger sibling does. Or maybe they know what it is like to be the younger sibling who always gets the older sibling in trouble. Older and younger siblings alike something laugh with and relate to Peter, Fudge, and their friends as they read through the Fudge books.
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