When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and sets off on a journey to discover the truth.
- 1995-1996 South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
- 1997-1998 Utah Children's Book Award
- 1995-1996 Texas Lone Star Reading List
- 1997-1998 Young Hoosier Book Award Master List (Indiana)
- 1995-1996 Nebraska Golden Sower Young Adult Award Runner-Up
- 1996 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Master List (Florida)
- Runner-up for Rebecca Caudill Award (Illinois)
- Best of the Texas Lone Star Reading Lists