Kid In the Red Jacket, The

Summary: I can't believe it! How can my parents move me clear across the country, away from all my friends, and expect me to act like it's some big adventure? Especially when the new house is on a street called Chester Pewe. Don't they realize how humiliating this is going to be? Still, I could handle it if it weren't for Molly Vera Thompson. As the new kid in town, I can't afford to be seen hanging around with a six-year-old, even if she is my next-door neighbor. Of course, when you're lonely, you'll be friends with anyone... almost.

Notes: "Witty and bittersweet... Another first-rate addition by this author to the middle-grade popular reading shelf." -School Library Journal (starred review) "A laugh filled junior novel.... Shrewdly drawn characters carry the day." -Booklist "Funny, but full of real-life situations deftly handled." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

Kid In the Red Jacket, The won the award A Parent's Choice "Gold" Award Winner An IRA-CBC Children's Choice.