An accessible blend of contemporary and historical fiction celebrating the many ways to live a satisfying life with chronic illness
Twelve-year-old Ivy is still sick months after catching a common virus. Hoping for a reset, Ivy and her mom spend the summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where Ivy's uncle has converted an old house into a bed and breakfast. Ivy starts dreaming about a girl named Jessie Pearl, who stayed at the house a hundred years ago when it was a sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis patients. As Ivy delves into the history of the house, hoping to find out what happened to Jessie, she also makes changes in her own life-discovering that rest isn't weakness, that difference isn't failure, and that healing can come in many forms.
