Wesley Benfield, an adolescent with a mouth full of bad teeth and foul language, enters the life of 78-year-old Mattie Rigsbee.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Social Issues / Friendship, Family + Friendship, General, Stages of Life, Humorous Fiction
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Pages: 216
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: July 1, 1997
- Date Published: July 1, 1997
- Author: Clyde Edgerton