"Mardie is a little seven-year-old with a very big heart that can't bear injustice and grim people. Then Mardie's heart goes all black and angry. For example, when her beloved Alva bursts into tears at the big ball... And for Abbe, Mardie beats big little heart. For him she wishes only the best in the world. And gives him her place in the pilot's plane at the air show..."You're crazy, Mardie, and you always have been," states Mardie's little sister, Lisabet."