To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary
world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's operation, and
suspicions about a friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world in the summer of 1958 in rural North Carolina.