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Donna Parker’s family heads to Canada for a brief vacation, where they reconnect with the Stackhouse family. The Stackhouses announce a move to Summerfield, and Jeff Stackhouse joins the Parker household to start school. Donna faces the challenge of fitting into a new school, joining the cheerleading squad, and managing friends who are moving away. Teenagers in Summerfield are drawn into uncontrolled parties, and Jeff seems to hold the solution to the mystery that unfolds.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Marcia Lautier Obrasky Levin
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