victoria (b.c.)

In 1973, when a renowned Canadian behavioral psychologist pursues his latest research project--an experiment to determine whether chimpanzees can acquire advanced language skills--he brings home a baby chimp named Zan and asks his thirteen-year-old son to treat Zan like a little brother.

Twelve-year-old Jess, intrigued by Point Ellice House after a school field trip, secures a volunteer summer job at the Victorian home where she begins having visions of a girl named Rose who is somehow connected to a terrible streetcar accident in the distant past.

A biography of Karen Brain, whose dreams of being an Olympic equestrian rider were shattered after her horse fell on top of her during a training session, paralyzing her from the waist down, but went on to win two bronze metals from competing at the 2004 Athens Paralympic games.

Annie is upset when her grandmother moves in, but eventually Annie comes to understand her.