Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mother's neglect, but through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer.

Janie was four years old when she nearly drowned due to her mother's neglect, but through an unhappy foster home experience, and years of feeling unwanted, she keeps alive her dream of someday being a famous singer. HAN NOLAN has won many awards for her teen fiction, including the National Book Award for Dancing on the Edge. She lives in New England.