SuitabookA father’s attempted return
Mouse’s father, who left the family years earlier, is trying to come back into his life.
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Walter Dean Myers - Author
This is a lively summer story about friendship and competing interests, with a rumoured hidden fortune adding a mystery thread.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a lively summer story about friendship and competing interests, with a rumoured hidden fortune adding a mystery thread.
Mouse’s father, who left the family years earlier, is trying to come back into his life.
Mouse’s friends have interests in a dance contest, and Mouse has romantic attention involving Beverly and other boys.
A rumour says money from a 1930s bank heist is hidden in an abandoned Harlem building, and Mouse wants a share.
The story includes romantic interest and a rumour of money in an abandoned building.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.