Following the events of Flying with a Broken Wing (2013), Cammie has a new mission: to find her birth mother. Armed with the only trace of her envelope with an address mmie and her new friend Nessa begin the search. Cammie must also navigate the complicated social structure of her new school, the Halifax School for the Blind. In stripped down, minimalist prose that has a poetic quality to it, Best (Bitter, Sweet, 2010) articulates how heavy a new school and tenuous family ties can weigh on an 11-year-old's shoulders. Best's effortless dialogue makes vividly rendered characters like moonshine bootlegger Aunt Millie and Cammie herself seem sincere and real. The mystery of Cammie's birth parents that built throughout the previous novel reaches a satisfying, albeit slightly predictable conclusion in this follow-up. Set in the 1950s, the novel has a timeless feel, as do the overarching themes of perseverance, optimism, and redefining the meaning of being a family.