Sweet Pea is 12 when her parents die in a car accident which leaves her with a broken leg. Once she is released from hospital she moves to Dunedin to live with her grandmother. Sweet is convinced that she can return home to establish a life as close to her old one as possible. Her plans, however, do not work out, and she has to stay with her grandmother. In the process she begins to accept more fully the deaths and the changes they have made for her. The book is written in the first person, allowing an intimate look into Sweet's thoughts and emotions. The final path to healing and closure for both Sweet and her grandmother is a visit to the driver of the car which hit theirs.
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