Summer of Change

Their reasons for hiking to the hill are at odds and both girls have life threatening experiences as a result of the trip. Summer of Change, staged in New Mexico during the hot summer months of 1973, is filled with complex conflicts on many levels including bullying, abandonment, greed and environmental concerns.
MatiLou is eleven, the brightest one in her class and an only child. She's wished for a sister and on the hottest day, PerryAnn, who is fourteen, appears on Grandma Waters' cactus f...