Publisher's Synopsis
It's 1960. Sissie Stevenson and her cousin Spud McKenna are about to begin the sixth grade at Slippery Branch Elementary School. Will they survive another bully? Why is Aunt Pearl so ill-tempered? How can anyone be cruel to snakes and spiders? Why do family members keep secrets from one another? And what really happened to Spud's father? Only one person may be able to help them find the answers to their questions: Sissie's grandmother Berrie, who was born with "the gift." Snakes, spiders, lizards, mad dogs, and farm critters. The adventures continue.
