Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird

Jeremy is not having a good summer. His best friends have moved away, and he has to stay at the cottage with only his little sister and his Aunt Margery. His parents have remained in the city so his father can have an operation.

When Jeremy finally sees his father, he finds out that he has cancer and that he isn't getting better. Suddenly, everything is different.

Then Jeremy finds an unlikely friend in Tess, who also knows what it's like to lose someone. And their friendship grows, through good times and bad, Jeremy discovers that his father has left him something that will live forever...