Twenty years after her best friend and rival Djuna disappeared under circumstances Celia has only recently remembered, Celia unconsciously sabotages a relationship and returns to her hometown to confess her role in what happened.
Keeker and her parents take Plum the pony and Goatie the goat to visit Keeker's aunt, uncle, and cousins in upstate New York, near the town of Sleepy Hollow, the site of a famous scary story.
Contains a chronology of events from 1609 to 1977, a directory of political figures, the first State Constitution, and copies of pertinent historical documents.