Thirteen-year-old lizzie hood and her next-door neighbor, evie verver, are inseparable, best friends who swap clothes, bathing suits, and field-hockey sticks and between whom, presumably, there are no secrets. Then one a...Thirteen-year-old lizzie hood and her next-door neighbor, evie verver, are inseparable, best friends who swap clothes, bathing suits, and field-hockey sticks and between whom, presumably, there are no secrets. Then one afternoon, evie disappears, and as a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the balmy suburban community, everyone turns to lizzie for answers.