The town's verdict -- ""those hell raisin' Smith kids"" -- amply justified by the facts in a story about real kids in New Canaan, Conn. You won't believe what a ferret can accomplish when taken to market; what a tree house can lead to; what happens when a gets drunk instead of producing her offspring; how 13-year old Toby upset a swanky camp. Written for grownups -- but the younger crowd will like it too.