Issue #0

A Better Bicycle

Plot

A new style of bicycle is growing in popularity, and eleven-year-old Peter Morgan is willing to work all summer to buy the royal blue model that has captured his attention. But Peter's attention is also taken with the new family in his well-to-do Minneapolis neighborhood. Peter and his sister Carol notice right away that the Dawes family has old furniture and wears country clothes. Now Mattie Dawes is missing from school because she fell down some steps, but her mother won't let Carol and her friends visit. Then Peter discovers Harry Dawes hiding in the boys' clubhouse in the middle of the night. What is going on? Is there a problem? What can Peter and Carol do to help?