"Rings on a tree tell a story," Franny Parker tells Lucas Dunn. "They tell you about it's seasons, if they've been plentiful or not." o far the rings of Franny's life have beeb marked by her family, their farm, their dusty little Oklahoma town - all of it so familiar. But in the summer of Franny's thirteenth year, the Dunns move in next door, harboring painful secrets. From the moment Franny meets Lucas, the two begin a friendship that introduces Franny to the large world beyond her barnyard fence. As their town endures one of the harshest droughts in decades, franny learns that those in need are not just those others you hear about in church or in school; the can be injured wildlife or even the family next door. When her own family suffers a loss, Franny must find the courage to look beyond her sadness to aid a friend in need. - from Amzon