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Qin Leng.
For Peek-a-Boo Island resident Piper Green, starting second grade involves taking a lobster boat to school and insisting on wearing green monkey-face earmuffs. Soon Piper is in trouble with new teacher Ms. Arabella. Very brief chapters and frequent illustrations swiftly advance the story, as does Piper's quirky first-person narration. How the earmuff standoff is resolved makes for a satisfying, funny early chapter book.