Blessed or cursed depending on her mood with an active mind incessantcuriosity and uncontrollable nosiness Ellen Fremedon is not looking forwardto another sum... » 

Blessed or cursed depending on her mood with an active mind incessantcuriosity and uncontrollable nosiness Ellen Fremedon is not looking forwardto another summer. Her best friend Jenny is going away to art school andnone of their usual projects seem like much fun anymore. Plus Ellen now 13years old has developed a bit of an attitude and she isnt thrilled at beingleft behind with the boring folks in Partridge Cove. The possibilities are farfrom enticing Spend time with her obnoxious little twin brothers? Read tobrats in the summer reading program at the library? Take on more chores at homenow that their housekeeper has left and multiple sclerosis confines Mrs.Fremedon to a wheelchair? To add insult to injury Ellen is corralled intovisiting a bunch of seniors at Peacehaven the local retirement home where shemeets her match in Mr. Martin a blind rude old man who is even crankierthan Ellen. Can it get any worse? In this lively novel awardwinning authorJoan Givner explores serious issues including family dysfunction singleparenthood and disability through humor surprise and one of the mostappealing main characters in contemporary young adult fiction. «