Crash by Jerry Spinelli

Crash got his name when he knocked his cousin Bridget out of the way, one Christmas when Crash was little. Crash, know in middle school, has the perfect person to tease: Penn Webb, also in middle school, lives down the block from Crash. Penn, a vegetarian and a Quaker, is just perfect. Penn even is friends with Crash's little sister Abby. Penn also believes an old legend about Mississippi River mud. Penn says that when the mud is 50 years old, it can cure anything. When Crash's grandfather, Scooter has to go to the hospital because of a stroke, Penn gives Scooter his mud from the Mississippi River. Will Crash finally befriend Penn?