Junior-high-age Victoria learns to deal with a young brother's learning disability, wins a writing contest, and remembers that God loves people just the way they are.
As Vic enters eighth grade, she has a number of things to think about: her grandmother's wedding, her friend Chel's feelings about becoming a Christian, and the mysteries of falling in love.
Victoria's summer at a resort in Minnesota, far from her Minneapolis friends, forces her to rely on her own resources and results in a new appreciation for her family.
Besides the embarrassment of her pregnant mother's coming to school and her grandmother's working on a school production, Victoria must deal with her own mixed desires of being a star or remaining safely backstage.
