Acequia Madre Elementary School

Acequia Madre Elementary School is the school at which Vix first met Caitlin. During one of her classes, Caitlin approached Vix asking Vix if she wanted to spend the summer with her.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Vix and her family lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Phoebe, Caitlin’s mother, moved herself and her daughter, Caitlin, to Santa Fe in the middle of the girls’ sixth grade year. Vix’s father continued to live in Santa Fe even after his wife left him. Vix returned to Santa Fe for Nathan’s funeral after her last summer in high school. A three year stretch passed where she did not go home again until she visited one Christmas with Bru.

The Vineyard

Much of the action of the novel takes place on an island called the Vineyard, probably Martha’s Vineyard. Caitlin’s father had a house...