The Wouldbegoods

In this second novel of the Bastables, the family fortune has been restored, but the children can't seem to help getting into adventures and trouble. Sent away to the country after a particularly unruly episode, the well-meaning but wayward Bastable children solemnly vow to reform their behaviour. But their grand schemes for great and virtuous deeds lead to just as much mayhem as their ordinary games, and sometimes more.