Look Out, Washington D.C. by Patricia Reilly Giff

Rooney offers a jar of candy corn as a prize for whoever correctly guesses the number of candies in the jar. The Candy Corn Contest (November 1984) – Mrs.Fish Face (1984) – Emily is excited to make friends with Dawn, the new girl from Florida, until a good-luck charm of Emily's is stolen and Emily discovers that Dawn is the thief.

Rooney's Room (1984) – Richard 'Beast' Best must repeat his second-grade year, and between the teasing from his former classmates and having to take classes with 'babies,' his new school year is off to a miserable start. Some novels in the series also feature Emily's younger sister Stacy as the central character. Rooney and the students in her class, in particular perpetual troublemaker Richard Best (nicknamed 'Beast'), who is good at art but terrible at reading and Emily Arrow, who is good at math but also terrible at reading. The stories revolve around second-grade teacher Ms. Giff's series of children's books about the kids from Polk Street School has proven popular and won critical acclaim. She was a Newbery Honor, ALA Best Book For Young Adults, and Christopher Award laureate. Giff's writing workshops have influenced other children's authors such as Tony Abbott and Elise Broach. Giff resided in Trumbull, Connecticut, along with her husband Jim and their three children. After spending some twenty years as a full-time teacher, she began writing, specializing in children's literature. and Hofstra University, where she was awarded a Professional Diploma in Reading and a Doctorate of Humane Letters. John's University, where she earned an M.A. She was educated at Marymount Manhattan College, where she was awarded a B.A. Patricia Reilly Giff (Ap– June 22, 2021) was an American author and teacher born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

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Look Out, Washington D.C. by Patricia Reilly Giff