Casey's comfortable world is changed forever when she is forced to leave her beloved Key West, Florida for the unfamiliar farmland of Illinois. She will never see her special friends again: Kat, Buckshot and his hound dog, Laura May. The author follows a little girl's idyllic life turn to devastation as she is forced to move from ."The best place to live in all the world." On the very first day in her new school Casey is pulled into "The Big Challenge." Casey will play a pivotal role and unlikely hero in deciding if boys are indeed better than girls. .Casey stood frozen at the plate. She was the new girl for pity sake. Her only painful thought was.Why, why did we have to move?