Ages 10-14. 1968 looks like it'll be a pretty good year for Jaynell Lambert. The town's going to pave the dirt road she lives on; her girly-girl sister, Racine, isn't driving her completely crazy; and Grandpap had just moved in with his new emerald green Cadillac convertible. Jaynell and Grandpap have something special; he's teaching Jaynell how to drive and he lets he come along on his visiting. But why won't Grandpap tell her the reason he visits with the dirt-poor Pickens family on the other side of town? And when Jaynell finds out Grandpap's secret, the legacy of an old man transforms a family, and a town.

0-698-11970-3, Puffin Books, $5.99, Trade Paperback