Young Adult Revisited

Nancy and the girls are off to Elk River Ranch in Wyoming. Alice, the best friend of her aunt Eloise, invited them to spend some time with her and her husband, John. They'll also meet Jenny, her daughter, and Jenny's fiancee, Paul. Paul is a zoology student and helping build a wolf sanctuary on their land. Bess is less then pleased with the news, especially after hearing that they also have a pet wolf. While on the way to the ranch, they have a run in with Rusty. He's their closest neighbor and has a yard absolutely filled to the brim with junk. Rusty fires a slingshot at the car windshield and makes a big deal out of how he doesn't like people around his property. They finally get to the ranch and meet Dody, a guest, and his son, Dexter, who Bess instantly develops a crush on. Nancy almost instantly finds an old pocket knife in the room she shares with George. Since it has RM on it, she thinks it might belong to Rusty. That freaks Alice out because she ...

I have no idea how I never did this book for my blog given how many times I read it over the years! SMS announces plans to put on a musical extravaganza, and if they use that term one more time, I may hit someone. They'll hold open auditions for both the elementary and high schools as well as the middle school. Jessi just recently became the sixth grade correspondent for the paper and thinks that she'll be the star in the musical version of Peter Pan. Now, let's get on with it. Jessi: Despite assuming that she'll be Peter Pan, Jessi isn't as good at singing and acting as she is with dancing. When she gets cast as a pirate, she throws a hissy fit and drops out. The director then asks her to choreograph dance numbers for the little kids. She then crosses her name off the program listing because she thinks she should get credit for so much more. In the end, Pete, who was cast as Nana and the crocodile, breaks his nose. Jessi takes his place as both...