Twin sisters find themselves growing apart as they respond differently to their fatherโs postwar trauma, the NASCAR speedway in their town, and their new high school
With home life destabilized by her fatherโs post-World War II trauma, Ellieย Honeycuttย seeks escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace inย her sketchbook. Their close relationship is threatened when they both fall for the same charming classmate at their new high schoolโbutย a devastating car accident renews the sistersโ deep bond, forcing them to reverse their roles.
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Set against the backdrop of the nuclear arms race and the 1952 presidential election, this middle grade historical fiction novel is a powerful story of sisterhood and growing up, told in theย twinsโ alternating voices.