Eight-year-old Penelope Pumpernickel—Penny, for short—has run into a big problem. His name is Grandville Ungerleider—Grandy, for short.
Grandy wants to be Penny's friend, but he has a strange way of letting her know. Maybe his father's recent death has something to do with it.
Penny's best-froend-forever, Matilda Mendoze—Tilly, for short—offers Penny some good suggestions about what to do with Grandy.
When Grandy disrupts the Homeschool Consortium with his crazy antics, Penny must find a way to solve the big problems he causes.

In this first of the delightful Penelope Pumpernickel Series of chapter books for six-to-ten-year-old children, Penelope Pumpernickel learns that, no matter how big a problem you face, there is always a way to solve it with God's help.