As the 1970s wind down, the last two recurring Peanuts characters have fallen into place: Snoopy's brother Spike and the youngest Van Pelt sibling, Rerun. But that doesn't mean Schulz's creativity has diminished; in fact, this volume features an amazing profusion of hilariously distinctive new one- (or two-) shot characters For instance, in an epic five-week sequence, when Charlie Brown, found guilty by the EPA of biting the Kite-Eating tree, he goes on the lam and ends up coaching the 'Goose Eggs,' a group of diminutive baseball players, Austin, Ruby, Leland, and--did you know there was a second black Peanuts character, aside from Franklin?--Milo. Also: a tennis-playing Snoopy ends up reluctantly teamed with the extreme Type 'A' athlete Molly Volley... who then reappears later in the book, now facing off against her nemesis, 'Crybaby' Boobie. (Honest ) Add in Sally's new camp friend Eudora, the thuggish 'caddymaster' who shoots down Peppermint Patty and Marcie's new vocation, an