- In
- Dotty’s
- world,
- excitement
- is
- as
- scarce
- as
- money—and
- her
- desire
- to
- escape
- is
- bottomlessDuring
- the
- Great
- Depression,
- twelve-year-old
- Dotty
- dreams
- of
- traveling
- far
- away—maybe
- even
- to
- Africa
- to
- see
- crocodiles
- along
- the
- Nile.
- But
- first
- she
- needs
- luggage.
- If
- she
- wishes
- hard
- enough,
- she
- knows
- she’ll
- get
- it.When
- a
- bag
- full
- of
- money
- nearly
- lands
- in
- Dotty’s
- lap,
- adventure
- awaits.
- She
- and
- her
- neighbor
- Jud
- quickly
- discover
- that
- danger
- and
- heartbreak
- travel
- with
- that
- suitcase,
- and
- Dotty
- realizes
- that
- the
- reality
- of
- getting
- away
- from
- her
- small
- town
- may
- not
- be
- all
- that
- she imagined.
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