Meg Chalmers

Meg Chalmers is thirteen-years-old when she is told by her parents that the family would be closing up their house in a small town in New England and moving to a farmhouse. Meg is stunned. She had lived in the same house all her life. Although the move would be a long one—about a year—it is a temporary change and they will return to their own house. Meg's father is a university professor who is on leave from the school for a year to allow him to finish writing his book. Meg does not look forward to leaving the few friends she has and her school behind. But she has no choice.

There is a big problem as soon as the family moves into the old house. Meg will have to share a bedroom with her fifteen-year-old sister, Molly. Her sister takes a...