Romeo Tubbs #28

When Romeo accidentally knocks off Mr. Punctilious's toupee during a chaotic classroom moment, he sets off a chain reaction of misunderstandings and mayhem that lands him in hot water with both his teacher and Hildegarde Bond, who'd sworn to never speak to him again if he revealed the secret. As spring romance blooms in unexpected places, Romeo scrambles to fix the mess he's made—but in a 1950 teen humor story, the real comedy is watching how it all unravels.

Romeo Tubbs desperately tries to make Hildegarde jealous by arranging a date with a movie star, but when his scheme to recruit the glamorous Zana Burner goes hilariously sideways, he's left walking down Main Street with a very different "Hollywood star" than he'd planned. It's a comedy of romantic scheming and mistaken identities that proves sometimes the best-laid plans for jealousy backfire in the funniest ways.

When Hildegarde Bond and Daisy Dillon learn about the Wheaty Bread Company's contest to find Miss Centerville of 1950, their newfound friendship quickly crumbles into competition—especially when they realize winning might finally get Romeo Tubbs to notice them. Both girls and their parents become obsessed with collecting bread wrappers, leading to increasingly absurd bread-based meals that have the young women feeling anything but victorious. On contest day, Hildegarde and Daisy discover that their single-minded pursuit of the crown has had some unexpected—and decidedly unflattering—consequences.