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.