Publisher's Synopsis
Summer of 1914 - Stevensville, Montana. School is out. Emma's Dad and brothers are off to Oregon to earn money in a lumber camp. Emma is left behind with her pet cat Licorice, Grandpa, and a very strict Grandma. She promises Dad to be good. But that promise is hard to keep with her schoolmate Marvin playing tricks, spying and teasing her with silly rhymes. A war of words between Emma and Marvin leads to unforeseen trouble.
