"This is a summer neither Annabel nor readers will ever forget."
--School Library Journal
Perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Walk Two Moons, this
debut middle grade novel is the story of two girls and the unforgettable
summer in which they learn about true friendship and loss.
Annie has been promised a summer of freedom in the country. Freedom from
a difficult school year, freedom from her fake "friends" back in the
city, and, most of all, freedom from her mom's life-governing
spreadsheets and rigid schedules. When Annie meets California, who is
visiting her grandfather's farm, it seems she has found the perfect
partner for the summer she's always craved. Especially when California
offers Annie a real-life adventure: if she and Annie can find the ponies
her mom rode as a girl, surely it will remind her mom how wonderful the
farm is--and fix what's broken between her mom and her grandfather.
But Annie's summer of freedom is sprinkled with secrets, and everything
she has learned about bravery and love will be put to the test when the
truth behind the ultimate secret changes her life forever.