A Rocky Start — Rosemary Morgan Heddens

Its summer, and all Spike wants to do is go fishing with his friends, but his parents keep loading him up with chores. To make matters worse, his sister Jennifers boyfriend, Todd, seems to be making it his personal mission to ruin Spikes summer. Spike fights back in his usual waywith sneaky pranks. While trying to get even with Todd, Spike accidently pranks the mayor. Ordered to do community service, Spike thinks his fun is over. Thats when a new adventure begins with helping Gus build a forest trail and ends with a daring night rescue of two small children from a forest fire.