When there's an outbreak of diphtheria in Cissy's hometown she is sent to stay with her old schoolteacher, Miss Loucien, on board an old showboat with the Bright Lights Theatre Company. A motley crew of actors, inventor, teacher, preacher, barber, and dogs steam along the river, head-long into adventure. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Pull Out All the Stops! (McCaughrean, Geraldine)