Synopses & Reviews
Frankie tags along when his older brother and cousin go out to steal bicycles from people in the "rich" part of town. On the spur of the moment, his cousin steals a pet rabbit from a stranger's backyard and gives it to Frankie. Frankie takes the rabbit home, and keeps it as his secret. Both the rabbit and the secret are dearer to him than anything he has ever possessed. On the other side of town, however, Addie and her neighbor Maynard aren't about to give up searching for Addie's beloved pet. One small incident sets off a larger chain of events in which the youngest citizens of two very different worlds collide.
About the Author
Jane Leslie Conly is the author of Holt's critically acclaimed
Trout Summer (an ALA Notable and Best Book for Young Adults) and the Newbery Honor Book
Crazy Lady!, as well as
Racso and the Rats of NIMH, which was a sequel to the Newbery Medal winner written by her father, Robert O'Brien. A graduate of Smith College, Jane Conly lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her family.