She makes Margaret a special gift with household objects. When Clementine is presented with any hints that Margaret or her family might find her behavior frustrating, she works hard to feel loved again. Jacobi to throw pigeon snacks from the side, not the front, of her apartment. For example, Clementine helps her dad stop pigeons from nesting on the building with a creative solution: She figures out how to convince Mrs. Pennypacker presents Clementine’s creativity and energetic nature throughout the novel. Throughout Clementine’s trials, she draws illustrations of what she sees and muses on her relationship with her little brother-a toddler whom she only calls vegetable names like “Broccoli-” and her fraught friendship with Margaret. As Clementine tries to solve the problem she only makes it worse: First she colors hair in on Margaret’s head, then cuts off her own hair, then she has Margaret color her head. The haircutting incident leads to a host of consequences: Margaret’s mother is mad, Margaret is embarrassed, and Clementine is in trouble with the principal. Clementine quickly problem-solved by helping Margaret cut off her hair-first a little, then all of it, with Margaret’s permission. In art class, Clementine noticed Margaret leaving for the bathroom with “scrunched-up don’t-cry eyes” (5) when she followed Margaret, Clementine found her friend in tears over glue stuck in her hair. The book opens with Clementine going to the principal’s office after an incident involving Margaret’s hair. Over the course of the short novel, Clementine’s quirks and creativity emerge as she gets herself into problematic situations. Clementine’s friend Margaret lives in the same apartment building. Clementine lives in an apartment with her mother, father, and young brother. Written from Clementine’s perspective, the book follows her as she navigates conflicts with friends and family.

Clementine is a creative and excitable third-grade student and the protagonist of the novel.

Clementine books by sara pennypacker