Tea, Oranges, and A Warm Place to Sleep

Mark Davis, a lonely fourteen-year-old from Minnesota, recounts his decision to run away and search for a rebellious Swedish seventeen-year-old girl he’d briefly met at a Thanksgiving family reunion. Irrecoverably smitten, penniless, he sets off on a solitary winter search, without Sonja Ennasen’s address or phone number, willing to overcome perils and challenges to locate her. His journey seemingly completed, he’s faced with suspicion and a language barrier; is their friendship as inevitable as his determination? Or will his intense feelings betray a heartfelt secret?