Tired of being a kid, Andrew leaves home and gets a job as a cowboy so he can ride the range, eat beans and corn bread, and sleep under the moon and stars.
Thirteen-year-old Shopie and her cousin Cody record their trans-atlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five-foot sailboat, which, along with unclesand another cousin en route to visit their grandfather in England.
Julie, a middle child, feels overwhelmed by problems with her schoolwork, her teenage sister's moodiness, and her father's recent heart attack, all of which make her feel dumb and useless.
Doubting that her father's death was purlely accidental, a 14-year-old Lucy and her family confront destitution and a formidable adversary in their small town.
