Back to school for Rotten Ralph

Afraid of being left alone, Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, follows Sarah to school and tries to prevent her from making new friends.

Main Author:	Gantos, Jack.
Other Authors:	Rubel, Nicole. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1998.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Cats > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. First day of school > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	Afraid of being left alone, Rotten Ralph, the nasty red cat, follows Sarah to school and tries to prevent her from making new friends.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0060275316 0060275324 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1951. He received a BFA and a MA from Emerson College. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. His other books include Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book, and Dead End in Norvelt, which won the 2012 Newbery Medal. His memoir, Hole in My Life, won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors. Jack's follow-up to Hole in My Life is The Trouble in Me He also teaches courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He dev.eloped the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children's book writers. (Bowker Author Biography)