Anticipating a trip to London where she will visit with her Aunt Pam and hopefully reunite her divorcing parents, third-grader Amber Brown is crushed when an outbreak of the chicken pox disrupts her plans. Reprint. PW. H.

Paula Danziger wrote more than thirty books for children, all of which are still in print. She passed away in July 2004. Tony Ross has illustrated many picture books, as well as young chapter books. He lives in Cheshire, England. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.