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Synopsis
Life has been tough for Spencer since his dad left. His mom complains constantly, they never seem to have enough money, and they're always having to move. He knows his father works for the Giants baseball team and lives somewhere in San Francisco--and Spencer's sure that if he can somehow get there, his dad will take him in. But California is a long, dangerous way from Seattle if you've only got fourteen dollars, you're twelve...and you're alone. <P>"A fast-paced, exciting adventure." --<i>Booklist</i><P>* A Puffin Novel<br>* 160 pages<br>* Ages 8-12
Children's Literature
Spencer and his mom are always short of money-but does that mean moving in the middle of the night? And being forced to get rid of his cat? So Spencer, whom we love unconditionally by the time we've hit page 4, does the only honorable thing - he takes Foxey the cat and heads from Seattle to San Francisco to look for his father, whose address and phone number he does not know. Well, Dad's a Giants fan, so there's only one possible destination, right? Kehret captures the simultaneous clear certainty and absolute confusion of a twelve-year-old boy's vision and holds her readers captive through this novel of adventure and growth and the meaning of family.