Point of View

The novel is written in first-person from the limited perspective of Peter Hatcher. Peter is a nine-year-old who lives with his parents and his younger brother, and he feels that brother is his “biggest problem.” While Peter seems to be an honest narrator, especially because he relates events that do not put him in the best light, the reader should remember that Peter is only nine and his age may affect his perspective, at least in some situations. For example, Fudge is randomly chosen to be in a commercial for a toddler-sized bicycle. Peter never identifies his reaction as jealousy, but most readers will recognize it as such. Peter thinks about the fact that Fudge will get paid for his performance while Peter gets nothing. He then thinks farther ahead, imagining a time when he needs to borrow money from Fudge, money that Fudge has...