Angel Morgan needs help.
Her daddy is in jail, and her mother has abandoned Angel and her little brother, Bernie, at their greatgrandmother's crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Grandma, aged and poor, spends most of her time wrapped in a blanket by the wood stove and can't care for the children. That's left up to Angel, even though she is not yet twelve.
In this dreary world of canned beans and peaches, of adult worries and loneliness, there is only one bright spot—a mysterious stranger who appears on clear nights and teaches Angel all about the stars and planets and constellations.
Angel's quest to carve out a new life for herself and Bernie makes for a powerful, moving story that could arise only from the keen sensitivity, penetrating sense of drama, and honed skill of master storyteller Katherine Paterson
