The Infamous Ratsos Are Not Afraid

When Louie and Ralphie Ratso set out to transform a cluttered lot into an arcade, they end up conquering a few surprising fears along the way in this follow-up to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book The Infamous Ratsos.Louie and Ralphie Ratso have a genius idea: if they clear out the lot down the street, they can use all the junk lying around to build makeshift games for a Big City FunTime Arcade! With their friends to help, they&;ll be able to recycle all the old abandoned stuff into whack-a-mouse, a high-striker, a fortune-telling booth, and more. Everyone says the house next to the lot is haunted, but if Louie just pretends it&;s not there, maybe he can ignore the goose bumps he gets every time he looks at it. Ralphie&;s head&;s not exactly in the game, either, because of some rumors that have been swirling around school. But they&;re Ratsos, and like their dad, Big Lou, Ratsos aren&;t afraid of anything &; right? Kara LaReau and Matt Myers team up for a second surprisingly touching chapter book proving that sometimes the things you fear the most aren&;t at all what you thought &; and might be exactly what you need to feel better.