With Father away in Washington and Cuffy away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendys left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. Almost everything did happen. In the Melendy family, adventures were inevitable: Mr. Titus and the catfish; the villainy of the DeLacey brothers; Rush's composition of Opus 3; Mona's first rhubarb pie and all the canning; Randy's arrowhead; the auction and fair for the Red Cross. But best of all was the friendship with Mark Herron which began with a scrap-collecting mission and came to a grand climax on Oliver's birthday.

Here is Elizabeth Enright's story of a long and glorious summer in the country with the Melendy family. It is her most captivating book since THIMBLE SUMMer, and will be uproariously welcomed by the readers of THE SATURDAYS and THE FOUR-STORY MISTAKE.

From the dust jacket