Alternating pages describe a young girl's life on a farm and how she made a patchwork quilt to capture memories of that life. Includes patterns and instructions for making a similar quilt.
Staying with her uncle on his California farm, nine-year-old Dani feels unwelcome and unloved while she tries to come up with a plan to save her pet goat Tyler from the butcher.
As a young boy and his family endure hard times on their Indiana farm, they look forward to the letters and promises of help from their uncle out West.
Brown-skinned, green-eyed Kayla uses her dancing to help deal with her plight when her grandmother's death and the continued absence of her dancer father cause her to leave her farm and live in Chicago with relatives.