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Summer vacations are supposed to be fun, but Caroline is going to be babysitting a cousin, "The Brat" Jasper, at her grandmother's. After she and Jasper got on the bus, Jasper started reading his comic books and Caroline was getting to know a really cute guy named David, when she spotted what looked like a birthday present. But the present was meant for someone else, and what was in the box got all three of them into more danger than they could imagine.
First publish date: 1987
Authors: Jean Thesman
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