BLURB:
Thirteen-year-old Dani is being left behind by her best friends, who have far more freedom when it comes to roaming around their neighborhood in New York City. Dani knows her mom has her reasons for being overprotective—she lost her leg in an accident when she was Dani’s age. But it still doesn’t seem fair, and Dani wishes things were different. Following an especially painful falling out with her friends, Dani wanders into an oddity shop where she finds a letter in an old book. It’s from a girl named Mimi who is seeking a friend. The two begin leaving daily letters for each other in the book, growing close and connecting over losing their best friends. Dani notices that some of Mimi’s sayings and experiences are very dated but manages to explain this away—until she can’t ignore the strange coincidences and odd references. Can Dani use her friendship with Mimi to patch things up with her own mother, or is she too late?