When Hannah sets out to make something special for her sister, who works to support the family, she doesn't suspect the far-reaching consequences of her gift.
When his kite rips before the kite flying contest, Stephen unsuccessfully tries to earn enough money to buy a new one. Finding a way to fix the old kite, his sister enters the contest herself.
By running small businesses catering to the summer visitors to their island home, Heather and her friends earn enough money for a trip to the Harvest Fair on the mainland.
When she discovers the price of the coveted clubhouse, ten-year-old Piper and her fellow Gypsy Club members try to earn the money by creating a birthday-party-planning business.
Henry Price is drawn into a world of Web sites, sex, and violence, eventually becoming the chief suspect in a murder case, after investigating messages left on his answering machine for a mysterious woman named Lilly.
