A girl declares all the things she will do for her mother when she is all grown up, ending with the friend she will bring her mother to keep her company while she travels the world.
Two seventh graders, Drew and Mia, spend their summer in Half Moon Bay, California, training for a half-marathon, and supporting each other as their families struggle with medical and financial problems.
"Addie Ant travels from one garden bed to another on her first solo adventure. As she forges her own path, she gets lost along the way and finds help from her trusted garden pals Lewis Ladybug, Beatrix Butterfly, and Cleo Cricket, in finding her way back home"--