Publisher's Synopsis
Meet Tabitha Tinker-ten years old, bright, feisty and fun. You will make a new friend. Tabitha loves Christmas, except for the annual visit of her cousin Melvin Bumstead. Melvin is a spoiled brat. He's a whirlwind of destruction. He breaks everything breakable, even an expensive Swiss music-box clock. He pours perfume on Tabitha's cat, gets his head stuck in the spindles of the stair railing, and breaks expensive ornaments on the Tinker's Christmas Tree. He spends all his time creating trouble. When Tabitha learns that Melvin has a terminal disease, she begins to understand why he behaves as he does, and it changes the way she sees Melvin. You will, too. A very funny book. I laughed out loud. I love you, Tabitha Tinker.
