The story is written from a child's prospective through the eyes of the main character, Allie. Allie starts out in the book living in a very small apartment, sharing her room with her brother. She very much would like to have her own room and a dog. The family is accepted into the Habitat program and begins to help the volunteers build their home. Allie meets a neighbor girl, Jennifer, whose family has just moved into a Habitat home. These girls become...