National Network for Equitable Library Service

Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director has rejected her rabbinical father's strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts.

Sixteen-year-old Peggy has gone north to plant trees for the summer. On a visit to a petroglyph site, she is abruptly transported to Notherland, an imaginary world she created when she was seven.

For ages 9 to 13 years. Fifteen-year-old Peggy is trying to run away from her problems at home.

Ezzie has friends and a loving family who never maker her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her.

Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely.