Third-grader Amber Cantrell discovers that boys and girls don't always think alike, when a classmate asks both Amber and her friend Delight to marry him and when her father starts dating a younger woman.
Amber is looking forward to a fun-filled summer vacation, but when her beloved stuffed raccoon disappears and her two best friends start acting funny, she discovers that things don't always turn out the way you want.
Eight-year-old Amber, still adjusting to her parents' divorce, starts third grade and finds herself torn with jealousy over the new girl Delight, who seems to be stealing away Amber's best friend Mindy.
