Twelve-year-old Kate Marino thinks she is a real mastermind. At least when it comes to hatching a plan to dissuade potential buyers from purchasing Big Red, the old farmhouse that has been the only home Kate has ever known, and which her parents are selling in order to downsize. Kate has not even moved yet, and already everything seems to be changing in unwelcome ways. Suddenly every moment and memory seems fleeting, even if it has been something that Kate has taken to be a forever truth. Making dioramas of the people she loves in the places that she holds dear gives Kate a sense of calm. But it may take several bags of stink, the help of her best friends, and a few fake dogs in order for her to be able to keep her life the way that she knows and loves it. With sincerity and humor, author Tara Altebrando ( The Battle of Darcy Lane ) thoughtfully explores the pain--and promise--of letting go. Artist T.

L. Bonaddio's warm interior illustrations accentuate the tangible shoebox moments that make an impression for a lifetime. [Excerpt:] "Maybe I could move some furniture, barricade myself in. My parents would have to update whatever listing they'd written to say the house came with a number of unique features, including its very own twelve-year-old girl.".