In 1987, Miri Ammerman returns to her hometown of Elizabeth, New Jersey, to attend a commemoration of the worst year of her life -- when a succession of airplanes fell from the sky, leaving her community reeling.
A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y. is a lot of fun for ten-year-old Sheila, even though her friends make her face up to some self-truths she doesn't want to admit.