When Katie's aunt and uncle offer an escape for the summer to their Kansas farm, Katie abandons her Chicago Gold Coast high-rise life to land beneath the wider skies of the prairie. Grappling with loss and disillusionment, Katie must forge new skills and new friendships in a small town called Opulence, a town holding secrets and riches she will need before she can return home. First Runner-Up – 2023 Legacy Fiction, Eric Hoffer Book AwardWinner, 2022 J. Donald & Bertha Coffin Memorial Book AwardWinner, 2021 Midwest Book Awards, Young Adult CategoryFinalist, 2021 High Plains Book AwardSelected as a "recommended title" by the Kansas National Education Association's Reading Circle Commission.
