Horrible Harry's Secret

by Suzy Kline

Book Overview

Harry's in love, and his best friend, Doug, is disgusted -- Harry won't even throw snowballs at girls anymore. Will Harry ever go back to being his horrible self?"Kline captures perfectly the crowd scenes and private moments in the classroom."-- Booklist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141300930
• ISBN13: 9780141300931
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Review by Julian P.S. 39

If you're the kind of kid who has trouble with your classmates, Horribles Harry's Secret by Suzy Kline is the perfect book for you. And if you like characters who get mad easily, you should read Horrible Harry's Secret.How will Harry learn not to get so mad at his classmates? Harry brings a frog and names it Song Lee. Then Sidney makes fun of his frog's name. Harry gets mad. Can Harry ever learn to be nice and let it go?

entertaining reading, but has a weak plot

The story concerns childhood bullies, childhood friendship, and childhood romance--themes well familiar to the intended audience. But the writer relies on some improbabilities to keep the story moving: --Why does Harry become infatuated with our lovely Korean heroine? Because she brings a frog to school, and frogs are icky, and Harry likes anything that is icky. --How does the narrator learn of Harry's secret? Because love notes keep falling out of his pocket. --Why is our heroine so averse to people fighting with each other? Because her uncle was killed in the Korean War, which took place long before any children living today were even born. It's a nice story, though. An adult can read this book in a half-hour.

Do you have a secret? Harry does

This book was great no awesome book. The book has a lot of people in it mostly kids. A book like this has love sownballfights and a lot more. Harry gives Song Lee a love note. Song Lee gives a not back to Harry. Will Harry get what he what he wants? I recommend this book to 1st though 4th.

Guess the Secret...

I thought it was an awesome book. All those 6 characters put in one book makes it absolutely hysterical. I liked when Harry sends the letters to Song Lee--you can find the letter on page 9. My favorite character is Song Lee because she is different from Mary, and she likes Harry. You'll have to find out the rest....