It is the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves from connecticut to California. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called "Fox" And lives w...It is the early 1970s. Twelve-year-old joan is sure that she is going to be miserable when her family moves from connecticut to California. Then she meets a most unusual girl. Sarah prefers to be called "Fox" And lives with her author dad in a rundown house in the middle of the woods.