Anne Tremko

The gang from Bayside High is leaving home and heading to California University's exciting campus for four years of new adventures.

Frankie Addams, 12-year-old tomboy, feels disconnected from the world. Frankie's mother died when she was born, and her father is a distant, uncomprehending figure. Her closest companions are the family's African American maid, Berenice Sadie Brown, and her six-year-old cousin, John Henry West. She has no friends in her small Southern town and dreams of going away with her brother and his bride-to-be on their honeymoon.

The corpse of a former Sergeant is returned to his all-American hometown, and wreaks havoc on his rebellious, unpatriotic nephew.