Fifteenyearold Garnet Walcott is lonely and has a hard time making newfriends when she moves to Kitchener Ontario. Her mother already preoccupiedwith work has b... » 

Fifteenyearold Garnet Walcott is lonely and has a hard time making newfriends when she moves to Kitchener Ontario. Her mother already preoccupiedwith work has begun a search for a father she never knew. By chance Garnetmeets and befriends Elizabeth Tate an elderly widow who tells Garnet that apriceless set of heirloom jewels dating back to Russian nobility may be hiddenin her Victorian home. Elizabeth shows Garnet an intriguing portrait of herlate motherinlaw Sofia Tate wearing sapphires and diamonds. Garnet isintroduced to Dan Peters one of the most popular boys at school and whenElizabeth suffers a heart attack Garnet persuades him to help her find thejewels for Elizabeth. Do the jewels really exist? Garnet believes they do anddrawing on that faith she follows the clues left by Elizabeths lateeccentric religious fatherinlaw and discovers much more than she bargainedfor. «