Plume -- tpbNew York -- ©2002 -- 197pp
ISBN: 0-452-28462-7
As the Badbattle River overflows it's banks, a reunion, of sorts, takes place at Agatha McGee's house.
This book did not hold nearly the charm that the first Staggerford book held. It could be that the first book definitely seemed to have a driving purpose, but the only purpose for this book seemed to be to get some characters from previous books together. And while it does this, there seems to be nothing happening once they are together.
Except...the only thing that actually happens (other than the flood) is that Agatha tells a whopper of a lie (for good reason, of course). This seems totally out of character, and while Hassler does have Agatha dwell over it, it never sits right -- not the Agatha that he established in early Staggerford books!
It certainly wouldn't have hurt if I had missed this book.
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