He was on the Dirt Bike Response Crew for Search and Rescue, confirming that he was a good person who cared about his community. He was seventeen.
Edna knew he was older, but she was intimidated by that number. She would have felt better if he was fifteen or even sixteen, but she didn't know why it made such a difference.
Blurb:
Edna is thirteen, spoiled and wreaking havoc at her Beverly Hills school. Her therapist advocates medication, but her parents come up with an alternative cure: Edna will spend the summer in the desert with her grandparents. Their remote cabin is cut off from cell phone service, Internet and everything else she likes. Edna's determined to rebel until she develops an intense crush on an older, local boy. How can she get to know him from the edge of nowhere?
Contact details for Maddy Lederman:
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