During Laurel's thirteenth summer, she babysits the baby of a sculptor for whom she develops romantic feelings, only to make the shocking discovery that he is not what he seems to be.
A 12-year-old girl, posing as a boy and abused and neglected by a father who has brought her to California to help him get rich in the aftermath of the gold rush, finds both warmth and uneasiness in a friendship with a Jewish boy who does not suspect she is a girl.
After she discovers a dead body floating in the lagoon, ten-year-old Emily's life becomes even more exciting than the fantasies she creates for her "pencil families.
Eleven-year-old Callie tries to cope with her new responsibilities when the family's changed circumstances force them to move to a new San Francisco neighborhood and leave her in charge of her younger brother.
During the summer she works with polio victims, Jeannie meets a young climber who, like herself, needs to overcome a handicap and to understand the meaning of taking risks.
Resentful of the sloppy, pregnant, sixteen-year-old who has come to stay in her home, Jo pulls a prank on her that has unexpected and terrifying results.
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