A charming, classic middle grade debut perfect for fans of Three Times Lucky and Because of Winn-Dixie with the most lovable pig since Wilbur in Charlotteās Web.
June Sparrow and her best friendāa miniature pig named Indigo Buntingāhave always been just fine on their own. June is a wealthy orphan whoās lived in New York City her whole life. But on Juneās twelfth birthday, she suddenly loses her fortune and is forced to move in with an aunt sheās never even met, in the tiny town of Red Bank, South Dakota, a place so small that it doesnāt even have a traffic light.
Now June has to live on a farm with grouchy Aunt Bridget, who sees her best friend as potential bacon! Then one day, June finds a mysterious Penny Book that her mother used to keep. She is instantly intrigued by what her mother called the Big One, the rarest and most valuable of all pennies. Finding it could be Juneās ticket back to New York and her old life. But the only guide June and Indigo have is a cryptic list her mom left behind.
To decode the list and find the Big One, June and Indigo enlist the help of some new friends in Red Bank and turn the town upside down in their search. But the most surprising mystery of all may be what brought June to Red Bank in the first placeāand what is most valuable to her in the end.