Summer of the Gypsy Moths
By Sara Pennypacker
It’s might be the worst summer vacation, ever, for Stella.
It’s not because her irresponsible mother wanders off,
again, and leaves her with her aunt Louise. Or that Stella and her aunt’s
foster child, Angel, loathe each other. Maybe it’s because Stella will have to
help her Aunt manage and clean summer beach cottages.
It’s possibly the worst summer vacation ever because one day Stella and Angel come home from school
and finds her aunt dead in her recliner chair. If she reports the death, both
Stella and Angel will be dumped into the foster care system. How can they manage
the summer cottages alone? How can they fool the entire town into thinking Aunt
Louise is still alive?
Junior High and up.
