“Thank you from all the ‘pests’ out there.” Cleary’s being remembered for her canny ability to portray the shame and awkwardness often felt during adolescence (specifically girls’ adolescence). “Millions of girls saw themselves in Ramona Quimby,” First Lady Jill Biden tweeted after the author’s passing. In the wake of her death, there’s been an outpouring of tributes to the author and the feminist icon she gave life to.
Thanks to Cleary, the world feels like a less lonely place, and I know I’m not the only one who thinks this. Legendary children’s author Beverly Cleary died on March 25, but she left us with the eternal gift of Ramona Q. I felt wronged and wouldn’t stand for it Ramona Quimby probably wouldn’t have either. I was given no warning or chance to explain myself, just a jarring red circle across my test with a line beneath it for my parents to sign (which didn’t happen because, in a fog of rage, I threw it away in the girl’s bathroom). Watching my teacher draw a big fat zero on my paper in front of everyone was a traumatizing experience, one I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I was talking during the test, but I was also an overactive second grader possessed by urges I couldn’t control.
When I reminisce on my formative years, there’s one memory that always overshadows the others: when I got my first (and only) zero on a test.
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