as children connie and estella were best friendsuntil estella was discovered to be a math prodigy which led to the sisters estrangement now years later they are forced to reunite on the gulf coast of florida as they pack up their childhood home and ready it for sale the reunion comes at a time when both connie and estella must come to terms with painful revelations and devastating consequences in their own lives and once again her sisters genius may alter connies life in ways she cannot control from the author of island of the great yellow ox comes a classic irish childrens book finn and derval dove desperate to escape from their cruel stepfather make a dangerous journey across england and ireland to find their grandmother