Otis Spofford — Beverly Cleary

There's never a dull moment at school with Otis Spofford around! He's always brewing up a little excitement. And that means trouble for everyone else -- especially neat and well-behaved Ellen Tebbits.

When he's not sending spitballs soaring or sabotaging the class experiment, Otis is stealing the show at the school fiesta or becoming a bug-collecting hero. And even though his teacher, Mrs. Gitler, says that Otis will someday get his comeuppance, she never really gives it to him. But when Otis becomes a scalping Indian and gives Ellen Tebbits an unexpected haircut, it's Ellen who decides his come-uppance is long overdue!