Peter Hatcher

Peter Hatcher is a fifth grade boy from New York City. He lives with his mother, father, brother Fudge and sister Tootsie in an apartment. Peter is a responsible boy. He looks after his brother and disciplines him. He does the same with his sister. But Peter sometimes has a hard time with his family because his siblings are so loud and energetic. They often cause a ruckus and it is always chaos when the Hatcher family is around. Peter has one arch enemy: Sheila Tubman. Peter thinks she is gross. When he learns he must share a summer house with her, he feels his world is over.

Peter and his family go to Maine for three weeks on vacation. He becomes fascinated with Big Apfel, the famous baseball player who is his neighbor. The idea of playing in a Sunday baseball game with Big excites him...