There are several sequels to this book, including Soup and Me, Soup for President, Soup on Fire, Soup's Hoop, and Soup 1776. Typical moments include the boys losing their clothes and stealing more from a rummage sale that only has clothing for women, or Soup painting his name on a barn without permission and running the "p" over onto the corner, causing the farmer to yell "'Souf'! I'll get you 'Souf'!" Robert is also shown to have a crush on classmate Norma Jean Bissel. Their frequent villains are school bully Janice Riker and Eddy Tacker. However, they are best friends and watch out for one another. Robert is more sensible but less wily, and frequently finds himself conned into doing Soup's dirty work. Soup is a well-meaning, but mischievous schemer, constantly coming up with elaborate plans that invariably land him and Robert in trouble. It takes place during the 1930s in a small town in Vermont, and deals with the daily lives of the main characters. Its main characters are two boys, Robert (the narrator) and his close friend Luther, better known as "Soup". Soup is a 1974 children's novel by Robert Newton Peck.
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