What Bingo wants is to start shaving, to have happy parents, and to improve his skills at mixed sex conversations by mastering the language of love. Every day he writes down his trials and triumphs. The trouble is that the summer before he turns twelve he keeps having to make long lists of trials and has no triumphs. A big blond who wants to be his girl friend is a trial, the expenses of keeping up with a girlfriend who has moved out of town is a trial. A best friend who calls him worm brain is a trial. Having to cook supper for his parents for 36 days as punishment is a trial, dog sitting a poodle who won't stop staring at him is a trial. A mother who has run away and a father who tells Bingo his troubles are trials. The most shocking trial is that he learns his days of being an only child are numbered. His mom is pregnant. What's a boy who considers himself a man to do? The pictures are described.
