When her parents decide to buy and move into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in
upstate New York, it’s not exactly eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream. She
misses her familiar routine and life in Manhattan, especially Shabbat dinners with
friends and family.
It turns out that running a motel is a lot of hard work, but it’s also a bit of an
adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door,
and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel’s housekeeper, and Father
Donovan, the local priest.
But when it becomes clear that only a miracle is going to save the Jewel from
bankruptcy, Jewish Miriam and Catholic Kate decide to create one of their own …