Margie and Will are 11 and 12 year-old neighbors in their suburban
Washington, D.C. homes in Maryland. Fall provides opportunities for each
to visit the other's grandparents in rural towns - Will's on Maryland's
Eastern Shore and Margie's in mountainous Northwest Maryland. Their
their seemingly endless curiosity leads them to discover closely held
family secrets that threaten their friendship. However a later adventure
leaves them closer than ever as the ever-confident Will must learn to
trust Margie to find their way.