Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake
(Junie B. Jones #5)

Author

Barbara Park

Illustrator

Denise Brunkus

Publication Date

September 19, 1995

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake (Junie B. Jones #5)

Paperback

Description

Junie B. is having a run of bad luck, losing every game at the school carnival. When she finally wins the Cake Walk on her last ticket, she chooses a fruitcake as her prize. But who in the heck knew that sparkly foil-wrapped fruitcake was really a lethal weapon in disguise?

"The innocent first-person narrative will make lower-school readers laugh out loud at her mispronunciations as they recognize their own confusion and failure."-- Booklist

Publication date

September 19, 1995

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9780679866947

Lexile Measure

490

Publisher

Random House Books for Young Readers

Series

Junie B. Jones

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Behavior
Schools
Conduct of life
Carnivals
Kindergarten
Jones, Junie B. (Fictitious character)

Barbara Park

BARBARA PARK is beloved by millions as the author of the wildly popular New York Times bestselling Junie B. Jones series, which has been translated into multiple languages and is a time-honored staple in elementary school classrooms around the world. She is also the author of award-winning middle-grade novels and bestselling picture books, including Skinnybones, Almost Starring Skinnybones, Mick Harte Was Here, and The Kid in the Red Jacket. Barbara died in 2013, but her legacy lives on in the laughter her books give to readers all over the world.