Ramona Quimby is finally starting kindergarten, and she could not be more excited. She gets to ride the bus, meet new people, and show everyone how grown-up she is. However, Ramona quickly discovers that following all the new rules of school is incredibly difficult for someone with so much energy. She genuinely does not mean to be a pest. She just wants to give Davy a kiss on the playground, and she simply cannot resist pulling Susan's bouncy, springy curls. But her enthusiastic ways of making friends only seem to get her in trouble with her teacher and her classmates. When she is misunderstood and accidentally becomes a kindergarten dropout, Ramona has to figure out how to navigate the tricky social rules of being a student. This timeless and laugh-out-loud funny story captures the world exactly as a spirited five-year-old sees it. It is a brilliant, joyful celebration of childhood curiosity, showing that sometimes the most well-meaning kids create the biggest, most entertaining messes.