Mo (short for Moses) is ready for a great Summer. She is going into sixth grade next year, and she is determined to find out who and where her Upstream Mother is, and how to get back to her. Anyway, she and her best friend, Dale, are going to have bundles of adventures. That's until the murder. Mo and her adoptive mother (and father, the Colonel) Miss Lana, run a Cafe. One of the Cafe's most grumpy customers, Mr. Jesse, has turned up dead in the lake. Along with that, another hurricane is barreling towards Tupelo Landing (Mo's town). Will Mo be able to turn her unlucky Summer right side up again? This book was ok. I liked it because Mo is so determined and straightforward and persistant, and she will never give up if she has set a goal. I think she was a good role model for a girl. This book made me think about if i didn't have a mom or a dad, and instead someone else growing up and what it would be like. My favorite part of the book was when Mo bursts into the room where Anna Celeste (aka Attila and Mo's mortal enemy) is being yelled at by her mom and Mo says to Anna's mom, "That ain't the way you should be talking to a child!" I would reccomend this book to anyone 11 and up, or if you like confusing mysterys. I think that the lesson in this book is, "Family comes in all shapes and sizes."
