Getting revenge for the death of her twin brother will be hard for sixth-grader Dimple Dorfman, especially because she thinks that he was shot by the boy she likes best in her small town.
When families face the loss of their farms, Framburg's mayor profits. So Robert plans a campaign after he discovers there's no age restriction for mayor.
To escape problems with both of her parents throughout her childhood in the 1940s and 50s, Pearl Harbor Keenan reaches out to Walking Mary, a strange old woman who meets every single passenger train that pulls into the Framburg depot.
