Eggs

Eggs is one of the more drab Spinelli books. A young boy who has lost his mother to a freak accident is convinced that he can get her back by obeying every rule. However, he can't stand his grandmother and tries to do everything possible to irritate her. He discovers what he thinks is a dead body in a field during an easter egg hunt. He later discovers that it was in fact a living teenage girl. He befriends the girl, who lives in a car outside of her house because she cannot stand her mother.

Eventually, they decide to go on a voyage to Philadelphia to see a "waving man". They never get there, but they do worry everyone when they are gone. When they get home, they make peace with everyone and live happily ever after.

The story is rather trite, with cliched plot elements (the pictures of her "Dad" are actually of Clark Gable.) It does have its moments, but is one of the worst of his books.