This is another book in the series about Kobie Roberts (other books include Thirteen and Fifteen at Last. I loved these books as a child/teenager, and I still think Thirteen is one of the better children/young adults books around. Unfortunately, this book made Kobie look like a bit of a brat.

Kobie's almost happy with things at the beginning of the book. She's working on a 'roller coaster' with her friend Gretchen, and she has an excellent teacher at school. Her mother's still driving her crazy - but with all the other exciting things going on, she hasn't time to worry about that. Then things change - her mother goes into hospital, leaving Kobie with an excellent housekeeper, and her Principal has a heart attack - causing her teacher to become acting principal, and Kobie to get a new, much stricter teacher.

As Kobie realises her teacher won't be returning to the class, she begins to worry that her mother won't return either - the housekeeper is doing too good a job. So she sets out to be a 'holy terror'.

This would probably be quite amusing to someone who hasn't read the later books, or to a younger reader - but for me Kobie looked petty and nasty. ( )