Veronica Knows Best

By: Nancy K. Robinson

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Synopsis: Veronica has advice for everyone, but she doesn't have all the answers. She doesn't know how to keep her real friends and make new ones. She doesn't know how to get attention from her divorced parents, her mother who is busy staying young and her father who lives far away in California and doesn't answer her letters. She doesn't get jokes and doesn't tell the truth half of the time. She doesn't know how to make her daydreams come true, like spending Christmas with the father she barely remembers and teaching a popular girl in school, who sounds like a broken police car siren, how to sing well enough to star as Maria in the school play, "The Sound of Music." Some kids actually run away when they see Veronica coming and some are nice to her because they feel sorry that she gets into so much trouble. Her biggest project backfires and Veronica's lonely life gets even lonelier. There's one thing about Veronica that makes all the difference. She doesn't give up. You'll laugh and cringe as Veronica's sorry messes become the beginning of much happier days to come.