Chris's+New+Summary+of+Rascal

In the book __Rascal__ by Sterling North the main character, Sterling, finds a raccoon that becomes his best friend. When Sterling finds him in a hollow tree trunk he names him Rascal and takes him home. Rascal was interesting to Sterling by the way he acted and how he always sleeps in the same bed with Sterling. Once Sterling and Rascal become the best of friends things drastically change because of how Rascal keeps on invading their neighbor's backyard. Suddenly during bring a pet to school day, Sterling's nemesis bothers Rascal which causes Rascal to bite him. Sadly even though it wasn't Rascal's fault Sterling had to cage Rascal. Even though caging Rascal was worse than he thought they had just entered Christmas break. When Sterling's sister arrives she thought that the house was a mess. Right then Sterling's sister thought that she should order a housekeeper for them after she leaves. When the housekeeper comes she demanded for Rascal to be banished from the house. One dreadful night Sterling and Rascal canoed down the river to the place where Rascal was found by Sterling and Sterling let Rascal go knowing that he deserved to be in the wilderness. Sterling felt pretty good even though he had to leave his good buddy behind. He knew that even if he wasn't happy surely Rascal was. Overall, that is was happened in the amazing book of __Rascal__ by Sterling North.