Reuben Helmuth is plenty bitter. John King, his best friend-or so he thought-is engaged to the girl Reuben loved. Humiliated, Reuben flees from Ohio to his grandparents' home on Huckleberry Hill, where he knows he'll find comfort. He's enjoying wallowing in his misery-until John's sister, Fern, shows up. She won't stop pestering Reuben about forgiveness-or trying to help him find love again. Yet Fern's efforts only reawaken Reuben's long-buried feelings-for...