Facing up to a cheater at an elite soccer day camp and some difficult events at home helps eleven-year-old Lucy do some growing up during a summer which, while very different from the one she imagined, turns out to be just right.
Eleven-year-old tomboy Lucy feels betrayed by everyone when a bobcat stalks the neighborhod, her best friend Mora suddenly becomes boy-crazy about Lucy's best friend, and the town considers selling the soccer field where she plays.
As Lucy prepares for the Olympic Development Program soccer try-outs, she struggles with the complexities of middle school, her relationship with her best friend, and Aunt Karen, who is trying to take over her life while her father is away.
Lucy, an eleven-year-old tomboy, loves caring for her father, who was blinded by the bomb that killed her mother, but she begins losing control when housekeeper Inez assumes her chores and starts teaching Bible lessons.
Turning away from his mother and Jesus after discovering a family secret, twelve-year-old Will Hutchinson lies, steals, and embraces the ways of the Tewa Indians after visiting their pueblo in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during World War II.