First Wedding Once Removed Author:Julie R. Deaver It's elementary: 1+1=2, but a brother with a girlfriend plus a sister equals a big fat zero. — That's what Pokie feels like now that Gib has someone else to tell his secrets to. Once, she and Gib were inseparable, the perfect brother-and-sister team, watching airplanes and dreaming of becoming pilots together. Then Gib left fo... more »r college and met Nell. And Pokie, who's trying to figure out life in high school, feels like a third wheel at a time when she could use a big brother more than ever.
Pokie's best friend, Junior Hollinger, is no help at all - he's still in junior high. He also thinks Pokie's jealous of Nell. Only one thing's for sure; there's no room for a brother, a sister, and a girlfriend in this family.