The story of 11-year-old Venola Mae Cutright's summer is told via a series of letters she writes to her best friend away at camp, to "Dear Abby," and to the mail order company that sold her what they claimed to be an "Underwater Flea Circus."
This sequel to FLEA CIRCUS SUMMER picks up Venola Mae Cutright's story the week after the death of her grandfather. Told in journal format, it explores Venola Mae's relationship with her grandmother and her dealings with her grandmother's 13 cats--from whom she catches fleas.
All of her friends may fall prey to the Love Bug, but Venola vows that she won't. No sir. Not her -- not her, that is, until tall, dark, and handsome Nathan joins her class. She does her best to find out everything about him and to ascertain whether they might have a future together. But who can concentrate on love when your parents have just told ...
The summer before seventh grade, Venola Mae Cutright, Belington, West Virginia's best newspaper carrier, writes a series of humorous letters to her best friend away at camp, the Imperial Magic Sea Monkey Company, and her newspaper boss.
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