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'Be true to yourself, Frances' Grandma said. 'Don't take no for an answer.' 'I won't Grandma,' I said. I'd learned not to argue. It was easier just to pretend to be Frances. Whoever she was.
It's okay with Abigail that Grandma lives with her family, even though Grandma has Alzheimer's disease. Grandma says odd things and calls her by the wrong name half the time, but at least Abigail knows what to expect. It's the people she can't count on who make life complicated. Travis Mooney, for instance. He's the one person Abigail has always been able to talk to, about anything. But now he seems to be changing from a best friend into just another obnoxious boy. Abigail wonders how she can keep Travis as a friend--and then if she event wants to. Compared with figuring out Travis, figuring out Frances should be easy. Who is--or was--she? Why does Grandma think that Abigail is Frances? Abigail's search for clues in Grandma's hazy past leads her right back to the present, and to some surprising discoveries about her family, her friends, and herself. Recommended for ages 8-12.
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