Don't Check Out This Book!

The town of Appleton has problems. The population of the town has been declining, and, if there aren't at least twenty students in its school, the school will close. (There are only nineteen but the daughter of the school's new librarian will make twenty, if she can be enrolled properly despite her having only an initial for a middle name.) The school board, consisting of a single member who owns a clothing store, has passed a rule requiring a dress code, and students are reluctant to follow the new code. There are also problems with the green dot books checked out to students by the new librarian and the financial health of the clothing store and, oddly, even pickles.

A delightful and lighthearted romp that takes on lots of current political issues including crazy laws passed to benefit those in power and book censorship.