An unusually tidy lady is so obsessed with making her new home neat that she rolls up the lawn, rakes down the stars, and removes the sky, to the dismay of the children next door.
Twelve-year-old Dawn and her younger brother, Marcus, find themselves traveling to the past and to the future when they enlist the aid of a mysterious moving company in order to help their crotchety great-uncle find his "heart's desire.".
