In a town growing faster than new schools can be built, the nine 6th grade rooms are put in a wing of the new high school instead of in temporary trailers for one year. Great set-up for a lot of coming-of-age themes.

Some aspects of the story & characters are handled a bit heavily, but the adventurous climax is terrific. I can easily imagine some 9-12 year-old children loving this and reading it over and over again. And the happy ending is not exactly what most of us probably predicted. ( )