Motherless since she was six, Cosette has long let curiosity and independence take her in her own direction. But the flood last summer and strains on friendships that followed left her doubting. Now, about to turn fourteen, she discovers a clue that will let her follow her mother's footsteps to her family in France. But is she really prepared for all that an adventure abroad may entail? Cosette travels to Provence and stays at the very home where her mother summered as a teen. Traveling with her relatives, she finds lifestyles in France very different than in her hometown in rural...