Anne-Marie sits in her favourite tree with her sketch book and watches the world that surrounds her. As she records her observations of the neighbourhood, she thinks about her father who left two years ago. Mike is Anne-Marie's mother's partner, and she feels he is trying to take her father's place in the home. Her identical twin sister, Mary Anne, see things differently. Anne-Marie take the reader on a one-year journey as she struggles with the changes taking place within her family. The poems capture Anne-Marie's feelings as she struggles to accept Mike and her observations of people in the neighbourhood.

English language arts grade 3 (2010). English language arts grade 4 (2010).