To keep her out of trouble, a tough city kid is sent to live in the country where she reluctantly finds herself caring about the land, ecology, and a pocket gopher.
As her once-comfortable world becomes more and more frightening, eleven-year-old Suzie is almost as worried about losing her best friend as she is about her family being evicted from their apartment.
Sixteen-year-old Californian Roger, unhappy with himself and his life since his father's remarriage, goes to visit his mother, a recovered alcoholic, in New York City, where he has a revelation that changes his life.
