This book was sweet, perhaps too sweet. 
 I grew up with two brothers. I know what happened when we were left alone for an hour, much less a couple of weeks! The Marriss' family is a bit too perfect. The kids are all well-behaved, well-mannered, hard-working and good-humored. It was like watching a 60's sitcom. 
 There was nothing wrong with the writing or the storyline, except that the last one-third of the book had one big thing after another that the first two-thirds of the book didn't really build up to in any way. 
 Leslie Connor is a wonderful writer, but I just didn't fall in love with this book.