"Simply and briefly, this is a story of an eleven year old girl who has just about everything going against her, but has been blessed with an unconquerable spirit and a very quirky outlook on life. Marnie Evans is a child who is basically without love, and is by just about any definition, an abused child. Her family is almost completely dysfunctional as are many of the adults around her. She lives is poverty and is more or less forced to fend for her self. Marnie's struggle to escape her situation and find love is the frame the story hangs upon." (from an Amazon review) I LOVED this book and would highly recommend it.