Amelia Bedelia : Sets Sail

Amelia Bedelia and her mother share a summer vacation home at the shore with her aunt Mary (her mother’s sister) and her cousin, Jason, who is younger than Amelia Bedelia. (The dads join them on the weekends for special events or festivals, but this story is about two moms and two kids having fun, literally, at the seashore. ) Initially, Amelia Bedelia is slightly resentful about having to chaperone her younger cousin. But his sense of adventure and nose for trouble quickly bond them. Through a shopkeeper, the moms hear about Melanie, a girl who is in between the ages of their two children and lives in the shore town year-round. She is shy and described as needing to “come out of her shell.