When Sally's family moves to Miami Beach for the winter of 1947, she is excited and nervous at the same time. What will school be like in Florida? Will she make any friends? Will she fit in so far away from home? But these worries don't stop Sally from having her own wonderful adventures. One minute she's a famous movie star or a brilliant detective; the next she's found the Latin lover of her dreams, her classmate Peter Hornstein. And what about the Freedmans' neighbor, old Mr. Zavodsky, who looks suspiciously like Hitler in disguise? Miami Beach has so many things to worry and wonder about, Sally is in for one unforgettable winter!