Suds is a boy that goes to school like most kids. But at his school there’s a saying:
First grade babies,
Second grade rats.
Third grade angels,
Fourth grade rats!
Suds is a rat now and has to act like one doing things like pushing kids off swings, taking candy, saying no to mom and that kind of stuff. His friend Joey is trying to teach him to become a man like all the male rats. But Suds still has teddy bears, elephant lunch boxes, afraid of spiders and that sort of thing. Suds is in love with Judy Billings. One day Suds wakes up and says no to his mom. He doesn’t know what happened he just did. As he was walking out the door he ran into Judy. You’ll have to read on to find out what happens next.