A Problem Called Chavi

What happens when a big, new family movesinto a small, quiet, respectable English town?A lot can happen, and when the Mendels moved into Newfield,most of it did! First of all, there was Yossi - impossibleYossi - the Mendel's youngest son who was always in trouble,infuriating the neighborhood over and over again.Then there was Mrs. Mendel whose husband worked out of townall week long. Left with a houseful of lively children, shewas barely able to cope.And worst of all, there was fourteen-year-old Chavi. Surly,defiant and unfriendly, Chavi disliked everyone, and every-one disliked her in return. Even when the girls at Beis LeahSenior School started their Achdus Campaign - a projectto promote friendship and good will throughout the commu-nity - Chavi refused to cooperate. Entrenched behind herself-made wall of hostility, she annoyed and upset everyonearound her.Everyone, that is, except her next-door neighbor and class-mate Shifra Perlstein. Not one to be put off by a difficult job,Shifr