Every day, best friends Rita and Ralph travel "down the hill, and up the hill, and down the hill, and up the hill" to meet under the apple tree between their houses. Then, one fateful day, an ill-conceived game of Sticks and Stones results in a head bump. It’s not until the rotten day ends and a new day dawn that the friends figure out how to “meet in the middle.”
Rita & Ralph's Rotten Day by Carmen Agra Deedy