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Over Olympia and Leah’s heads,
Americans race the Russians to the moon; on their television sets young men
fight and struggle in the mud of Viet Nam. America holds its breath between
heartbreaking tragedies.
But on Miss Brinker’s school bus, in
the seat with the rip in the green plastic, Olympia and Leah fall in love, the
way children do: immediately,
completely, and without knowing or caring why they shouldn’t. Olympia Crooms,
with her happy hair, and Leah Breck, with her silly red dog, are two smart girls.
Olympia's father works other men's
orange groves in rural Central Florida and tells his daughter that school is
the best way to reach for the stars. Leah's father moves his family from the
Space Coast to the country where she and her brother can climb orange trees,
imagine lions in the tall grass, and learn to feed baby cows milk from a
bottle.
At Evegan Elementary, two smart girls
find each other and have to decide if they will learn the hardest lessons of
all—the false traditions of their fathers.
