T-backs, T-shirts, Coat, and Suit

by E. L. Konigsburg

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Spending the summer in Florida with her stepfather's sister, who operates a "meals-on-wheels" van, twelve-year-old Chloe and her aunt become involved in a controversy surrounding the wearing of T-back bathing suits. (

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Give the unexpected a chance

That's the advice Chloë gets from her stepfather before she heads off to Florida to spend the summer with her aunt Bernadette. It turns out to be excellent advice, because everything about Bernadette is unexpected: her job driving a food service wagon, her big, slobbery dog, her Rollerblading skill, her unorthodox way of teaching Chloë to swim. But nothing is as unexpected as the war that erupts when the other drivers start wearing T-back swimsuits to work, and some community leaders mount a protest against the skimpy suits. Bernadette is caught in the middle of the controversy...and what starts as an innocent game for Chloë may just make things worse.

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Spending the summer in Florida with her stepfather's sister who operates a "meals-on-wheels" van, twelve-year-old Chlo?e and her aunt become involved in a controversy surrounding the wearing of T-back bathing suits.

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