Stealing Mt. Rushmore

"Nellie's dad had planned on having four boys to name after the presidents on Mt. Rushmore. He got George, Nellie, Tom and Teddy. No Abe. It's the summer of 1974: Nellie's turned thirteen: her best friend Maya, has a crush on a boy; President Nixon might get impeached; and her mom has run off. The money for their family road trip to see Mt. Rushmore is missing, and her dad has crawled into bed and won't get up. Nellie's sure the trip out West will fix her family and she'll do almost anything to come up with the cash. But she begins to wonder why it's always-her-the girl-who's stuck with the dishes and everything else. And how can a mom just up and leave with no note, no forwarding address, no nothing?"--Jacket flap.