Though to Brenda Belle Blossom's mother he is just «that boy . . . tying those beer cans to the Christmas tree,» sixteen-year-old Adam is really the son of a famous movie star who hobnobs with royalty while jetting all over the world. Smarty Brenda Belle Blossom, horrified by fuzz on her upper lip, cracks jokes to avoid the bummer of her teeny Vermont hamlet and ladylike mother. When Adam is expelled from his last boarding school, he washes up in Vermont to stay with his irascible,...
M.E. Kerr, real name Marijane Meaker, has published over fifty books under various pen names for the children's, young-adult, mystery and adult community. She began writing young adult novels at the urging of Louise Fitzhugh, author of Harriet the Spy. Her first, Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! was an ALA Notable Book of the year. If I Love You Am I Trapped Forever? was named Children’s Book of the Year by Child Study Association. Kerr also had another life as Vin Packer, the pen name under...
