What is the main conflict in Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly?

Crazy Lady tells the story of Vernon, a boy in early adolescence struggling with family, friends and school. At first, Vernon lives like any other young boy, causing minor chaos on his block in a neighborhood of Baltimore. He laments that, as a boy in junior high, he can no longer play kids games, but remains too young to get a job like those in high school. This leaves Vernon and his friends to dismantle bicycles and hot wire cars, just to prove that they can.