Living on a farm with her widowed father, Kit Crockett enjoys tending the garden and reading Nancy Drew mysteries. But in this novel by the Pulitzer Prize finalist Maud's Line, a malicious neighbor finds out that this Native American girl has befriended a beautiful newcomer to the area, and Kit suddenly finds herself at the center of a tragic crime. Sent to a religious boarding school, Kit contains her suffering by secretly keeping a journal recounting what she remembers—and revealing just what she has forgotten.