Iggieâs House just wasnât the same. Iggie was gone, moved to Tokyo. And there was Winnie, cracking her gum on Grove Street, where sheâd always lived, with no more best friend and two weeks left of summer.
Then the Garber family moved into Iggieâs houseâtwo boys, Glenn and Herbie, and Tina, their little sister. The Garbers were black and Grove Street was white and always had been. Winnie, a welcoming committee of one, set out to make a good impression and be a good neighbor. Thatâs why the trouble started.
Because Glenn and Herbie and Tina didnât want a âgood neighbor.â They wanted a friend.