New York: Atheneum, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1936 in East Oakland, California, this is the second book about Rinko and her family (the first was the award-winning "A Jar of Dreams.") When Rinko is asked to spend the last month of summer helping Mrs. Hata, a recently widowed friend of her mother's, she does not want to go - but while there, she has a series of 'good' and 'bad' things happen and discovers people are not always what they seem., and the real strength of Mrs Hata. 120 pp. ISBN: 0-689502907.