Practice makes perfect for Rotten Ralph

When he goes to a carnival with Sarah and his cousin Percy, Rotten Ralph learns that winning is not everything.

Main Author:	Gantos, Jack.
Other Authors:	Rubel, Nicole (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2002.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Cheating > Juvenile fiction.

Summary:	When he goes to a carnival with Sarah and his cousin Percy, Rotten Ralph learns that winning is not everything.
Physical Description:	46 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0374363560
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)