Otis was a medium-sized boy with reddish-brown hair, freckles, and ears that stuck out. He often wore a leather jacket with a rabbit's foot tied to the zipper, and he always laced his shoes with the kind of laces that glow in the dark ...

There is nothing Otis Spofford likes better than stirring up a little excitement! If there's trouble going on at Rosemont School, then nine times out of ten you'll find Otis in the middle of it. When he's not teasing Ellen Tebbits, or getting into trouble with Stewey Hicks, then he could be blowing spit balls or even dancing an Indian war-dance in the classroom. Until one day when Otis takes things just a little too far ...

     Trying to walk with just enough swagger to make the class think he wasn't worried, Otis started towards the door, where the teacher and principal were standing.
     Mrs. Gitler no longer looked angry. "Well, Otis," she said, as he followed Mr. Howe into the hall, "I have a feeling that this time you're going to find out what come-uppance means ..."

Has Otis gone too far? And could it be possible that girls like Ellen Tebbits and Austine Allen are going to get him to apologize? You'll have to read Otis Spofford to find out!