Trouble With Dilly The

Dilly cant believe her eyes. That new kid GedionSulky-face is shoplifting from her familys store and her mother is just letting it happen. No wonder her parents cant afford to buy her those special hockey skates shes always wanted. But as soon as Dilly tells on Gedion she realizes that some things are better left unsaid. Gedions father has just lost his job and he has to put back some groceries to pay for the chocolate bars his son has stolen. To make up for her thoughtless action Dilly comes up with the most fabulous beautiful wonderful idea: shell throw a Christmas party for Gedion and his parents just like the ones Gedions father said they used to have in the old country.With her best friends on board Dillys plan grows and grows. Soon the whole community is involvedfrom pipsqueak Simon to Dillys grandmother a.k.a. the Great White Henwith some hilarious and unexpected results. But has the party become too big? How will they raise all the money they need without Dilly having to dip into her own savings for those hockey skates shes been yearning for? With Sulky-face always glaring at her Dilly wonders why shes bothering in the first place.