Have you ever in your life come to realize
that everything, absolutely everything, depends on you?
Two days ago, Raymie Clarke's father ran away with a dental hygienist.
But Raymie has a plan. If she can just win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father will see her picture in the paper and (maybe) come home.
First, however, Raymie has to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton. Then she must compete with the wispy but determined Louisiana Elefante and the feisty, knife-wielding Beverly Tapinski...