内容简介:When Gayle gets into trouble with her boyfriend, her mother sends the street-smart 14-year-old-and her baby, José-down to Georgia, to live with Uncle Luther and his family. There's nothing to do, nowhere to go, and no one around except kneesock-wearing, Jesus-praising cousin Cookie. Then Gayle meets Great, the family matriarch-and her stories of the past begin to change how Gayle sees her future. Williams-Garcia has surpassed herself..She has set these fictional characters. firmly in the real world while still allowing them to rise from the pages and into readers' hearts and imaginations. -The Horn Book, starred review Troubled fourteen-year-old Gayle is sent down South to live with her uncle and aunt, where her life begins to change as she experiences the healing power of the family.