A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.
Fourteen-year-old Sara Godfrey's summer isn't going very well: she's bored, lonely, and longing to be a completely different person. Recently, Sara's sole source of comfort has been the group of swans on a nearby lake. Watching the regal swans gives Sara and Charlie, her mentally retarded brother, a sense of peace. But one night Charlie disappears, and Sara must put aside her own troubles and help find him. Winner of the 1971 Newbery Medal.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Social Issues / Adolescence, General, Family / Siblings
- Age: 9-12 years
- Publisher: Puffin
- Pages: 142
- Edition: Reissue
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: June 1, 1996
- Date Published: June 1, 1996
- Author: Betsy Cromer Byars, Constantinos Coconis