There is no gas to be had, and Dewey's parents are stuck out of state and can't get home. The kids band together and Dewey and his older sister work to keep the home fires burning and the younger kids in order. The Marisses also run a bike shop, and there is a big increase in business as folks tu...
![Crunch [Book Review] (2000) by Leslie Connor](/i/cover.jpg)
Another book on CD for the road trip. We probably would have finished, if we hadn't reached home, although it was moving pretty leisurely through the first fifteen chapters. The country has run out of gas, leaving the Marriss (sp?) parents stranded far away and their resourceful five children on ...
Cook chapter twenty-nine PICTIONARY THIS While I am seeking to understand and helping to put dishes in the dishwasher, I learn that Saturday night is game night at the VanLeer house. Zoey says, “Pfft. We talk about it more than we do it. Playing with three people is dull.” I say, “Well, maybe wit...
Hannah was making tiny throat clearing noises. She wrapped Katie with one arm. Her other hand was open over Brynna’s knee. Dwight waited. He did that a lot—waited like a circus guy who has the job of catching but the net was never big enough. Mommers and I stayed locked on each other. Then she di...