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Book SynopsisBook two of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up.
Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read . . . this wise, beautifully written novel. Chicago Tribune
As if simply being fourteen-years-old weren''t bad enoughwhat with the usual teenage angst and uncertainty, Vicky Austin''s always comforting and reliable home life is changing completely. Her brother John is going off to college in the fall. Maggy, an orphan taken in by the Austins two years ago, has gone to live with her legal guardian. And the rest of Vicky''s family is moving from their quiet house in the country to the heart of New York City.
But before the big move, the entire Austin family is taking a meandering trip across the country in their station wagon, stopping to camp alo
