| What's all the fuss about?
At first, Maggie is just being contrary when she tells her parents
she doesn't need to learn cursive. Then her teacher, Mrs. Leeper,
says Maggie's cursive is so untidy her name looks like "Muggie,"
and Maggie decides she will never, never read or write cursive.
Nobody can make her. But when Mrs. Leeper appoints Maggie class
mail messenger, the notes Maggie must carry are in cursive. Maggie
can't read the notes, but she suspects some of them are about her.
Now she really has a problem!
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of children, her ability to appeal to readers on several levels,
and her humor are as enjoyable as ever."
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