Chapters 1-2 Summary

On a rainy November day, Liza writes a letter to her friend Annie. She tells her how much she misses her and remembers the times they had together. She apologizes for not replying to her letters, but she didn't quite know what to say. Even as she writes, she knows she is not going to post the letter.

Exactly a year earlier, Liza visited the Metropolitan Art museum to research a school project on solar energy. It wasn't unusual for Liza to visit museums - her dream was to become an architect and so from her an early age she had set out to study all the old styles.

In the American Wing of the Museum she hears someone singing and turns to see a 17-year-old girl, the same age as her, with long black hair and a small child like...