The years between 12 and 19 do not pass easily.
Some children mature gracefully from child to adult.
Others need to be dragged in kicking and screaming through the process. Jennifer Gluckstein definitely falls into the latter category. The spoiled and rebellious daughter of divorced parents, Jenny suddenly finds herself moving to England to live with her mother and a new extended family in rural Dorset. For a New York City kid, this can be compared to being stranded on the moon. Instead of the hustle and bustle of big city traffic and stores conveniently located on every corner, Jenny must contend with a dilapidated, rambling old house, lots of farmland and other things .