Don't miss the laugh-out-loud classic about a boy who leaps into battle when he's forced to share a room with his grandfather--now a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle, Cheech Marin, and Oakes Fegley! Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter’s room, forcing him upstairs.   Peter loves his grandpa but wants his room back. He has no choice but to declare war! With the help of his friends, Peter devises outrageous plans to make Grandpa surrender the room. But Grandpa is tougher than he looks. Rather than give in, Grandpa plans to get even.   They used to be such great pals. Has their war gone too far?   WINNER OF TEN STATE READING AWARDS AN IRA-CBC CHILDREN'S CHOICE " Peter tells this story with honesty and humor ....By the story's end, Peter has learned much about the causes and effects of war--and human dignity."- School Library Journal "The humor of the story derives from Peter's first-person account and from the reader's recognition of Peter's valiant effort to maintain two mutually exclusive emotions."- The Horn Book Magazine AN IRA-CBC CHILDREN'S CHOICE   WINNER OF TEN STATE READING AWARDS! Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (Vermont) South Carolina Children's Book Award Mark Twain Award (Missouri) Golden Sower Award (Nebraska) Young Hoosier Award (Indiana) William Allen White Award (Kansas) Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alberta) Tennessee Children's Choice Award Georgia Children's Book Award Alabama Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award " Peter tells this story with honesty and humor ....By the story's end, Peter has learned much about the causes and effects of war--and human dignity."- School Library Journal "The humor of the story derives from Peter's first-person account and from the reader's recognition of Peter's valiant effort to maintain two mutually exclusive emotions."- The Horn Book Magazine Peter thinks the only way he can reclaim his room is by declaring war on his grandfather. "Captures the anger and frustration that accompanies a child's inability to control his life."-- School Library Journal. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, William Allen White Award, Tennessee Children's Choice Book Award, Parents' Choice Award, An IRA-CBC Children's Choice, Mark Twain Award, Young Hoosier Award, South Carolina Children's Book Award, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, Georgia Children's Book Award. Peter thinks the only way he can reclaim his room is by declaring war on his grandfather. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, William Allen White Award, Tennessee Children's Choice Book Award, Parents' Choice Award, An IRA-CBC Children's Choice, Mark Twain Award, Young Hoosier Award, South Carolina Children's Book Award, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, Georgia Children's Book Award. Robert Kimmel Smith was an award-winning author who wrote several popular books for children, including  Chocolate Fever ,  The War with Grandpa and it's sequel-- The War with Grandma --coming soon,  Bobby Baseball ,  Jelly Belly ,  Mostly Michael , and  The Squeaky Wheel. Richard Lauter illustrated several books for young children, including The War with Grandpa. He lives in New Jersey. An Excerpt from The War with Grandpa       This is the true and real story of what happened when Grandpa came to live       with us and took my room and how I went to war with him and him with me       and what happened after that.       I am typing it out on paper without lines on my dad's typewriter because       Mrs. Klein, she's my 5th grade English teacher, said that we should write       a story about something important that happened to us and to tell it "true       and real" and put in words that peoples said if we can remember and to put       quote marks around them and everything....       My little sister, Jennifer, just came in and asked me what I'm doing and       I told her....       "I think you should begin with me," Jenny said, "because I found out Grandpa       was coming to live here before you even knew about it."       "Good idea," I said.       "And put in the story that I am very beautiful with long blond hair and       lovely blue eyes."       "I just did."       "Now you'll have a good story," she said.