Title: A Blossom Promise

Author: Betsy Byars

Main Characters:
Junior-impatient little boy
Maggie- young rodeo wrangler
Vicki - Junior, Maggie, and Vern's Mom
Vern, best friends with Michael
Pap - Vern, Maggie, and Junior's grandpa
Dump and Mud - family dogs

Plot: A Blossom Promise is about a family called the Blossoms. Vicki and Maggie go out west so that Maggie can be a wrangler rider. While they were there, Vicki falls in love with a bull rider. As they spoke, Vern and Michael were building a raft. They tried it out at the creek, on the flood that the town just survived. They got carried away by the high current. Pap saves them, and seconds later, almost dies from a heart attack. It's a good thing that Junior really wanted to go to Mad Mary's. She can to get him, and they heard screaming and went to see what happened. Mad Mary called an ambulance and Pap got taken to the hospital.