This tender story of twelve-year-old Raine crawls right into your heart and settles there  from the very first page.  Raine’s mother mysteriously picks up and moves the two of them from Milwaukee to Sparrow Road for the summer, where they join the quirky artists who inhabit an old dilapidated house.  Instructed to keep quiet at all times so that the artists can work, Raine envisions a miserable summer ahead.  Yet, when Gray James, Raine’s estranged father, comes knocking at the door, wanting to become a part of her life, this quickly becomes a story of acceptance and forgiveness.  Although the main character is twelve-years old, the beautifully written, lyrical writing speaks of life lessons for any age.  Sheila O’Connor is a talented writer with advice for all readers.