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
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