A collection of short stories highlights the struggles, hopes, failures, and triumphs of young aspiring singers, dancers, actors, actresses, and performers.
In "Yuck's Slime Monster," the Prince of Pungency hatches a disgusting plan--if he can't bring his pet slug to school, he'll bring a Slime Monster instead! And in "Yuck's Gross Party," Yuck's sister Polly--prim as a Princess--throws a birthday bash that doesn't include him.
In the first of two stories, a naughty boy named Yuck starts an odorous new club, much to the disgust of his sister; and in the second, Yuck goes to revolting lengths to prove that he is really sick on the day of the class spelling test.
Yuck refuses to change or wash his favorite underpants, which he has been wearing for six weeks; and in "Yuck's Scary Spider," Yuck must rescue his pet spider from his school principal.
A series of vignettes reveal life in the Deep South for African Americans as they experience discrimination in a doctor's office, lynching, and other forms of oppression, especially during the 1960s.
