Opulence, Kansas

When Katie's aunt and uncle offer an escape for the summer to their Kansas farm, Katie abandons her Chicago Gold Coast high-rise life to land beneath the wider skies of the prairie. Grappling with loss and disillusionment, Katie must forge new skills and new friendships in a small town called Opulence, a town holding secrets and riches she will need before she can return home.  First Runner-Up - 2023 Legacy Fiction, Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner, 2022 J.
Donald & Bertha Coffin Memorial Book Award Winner, 2021 Midwest Book Awards, Young Adult Category Finalist, 2021 High Plains Book Award Selected as a "recommended title" by the Kansas National Education Association's Reading Circle Commission.