The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen

Ever since the magnificent Miss Loucien gave up teaching to join the Bright Lights Theater Company, school days have lacked a certain... drama... especially for Cissy, who longs for a life in show business, and Kookie, who craves adventure. But when a diptheria outbreak interrupts the dull routine, Cissy and Kookie are evacuated to the doubtful dafety of the Bright Lights summer home — a shipwrecked paddle streamer on the flooded Missouri River. Thus begins a wild and unpredictable journey downstreem serving up grand performance, aggrieved river gamblers, irate lawmen, and perilous races. And when at long last Cissy steps into the limelight, the stakes are higher than she ever imagined.