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Fifteen-year-old Kelly had everything planned. Practice to secure the goalie position on the roller hockey team, play a fabulous game, buy a great regulation uniform with the money made from her prospering gardening enterprise. But, her plans were suddenly altered by her mothers news that Kellys nine-year-old cousin Alex would be staying with them for the summer...to give his mother a chance... More

Fifteen-year-old Kelly had everything planned. Practice to secure the goalie position on the roller hockey team, play a fabulous game, buy a great regulation uniform with the money made from her prospering gardening enterprise. But, her plans were suddenly altered by her mothers news that Kellys nine-year-old cousin Alex would be staying with them for the summer...to give his mother a chance to pull herself together after the new divorce. Kelly is to babysit the youngster.

From the time she has to pull him out of the bus at the depot at the almost hysterical urging of the driver, and survive his barrage of flying action figures, Kelly is in for a bumpy time. Alex does not want to be here, and uses all the tricks of a nine-year old to be as obnoxious as possible. Kelly seems to understand his psychological state, but she is really more concerned with her own plans and making him fit into them.

Finally a truce seems to be reached when Alex joins Kellys gardening enterprise as a paid assistant to mow and clip. Because Kelly was not specific in her directions, Alex botches a job, but the partners survive, indeed they both prosper. Alex is a good businessman, and with two working there is time to acquire more customers.

But Alex has his own game-plan. He uses his money to runaway to see his father, executing his escape while Kelly is busy goal tending in a rollerhockey game and the family is busily watching her.

Eventually the escapee is found.

Kelly learns that responsibility entails planning, instruction, observation and follow-up. And never to underestimate an intelligent child.

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