When Katie's parents got divorced last year, things were tough. Now summer vacation promises trips to the farm, new baby kittens, and treehouse sleepovers, not to mention letters from Uncle Edmond, currently in a hot air balloon race around Africa! But everything changes when Katie's dad asks her to spend a whole month at his house in Minneapolis- and her mom goes on a date! As things unravel, Katie relies more and more on her amazing imagination to escape into the world of Uncle Edmond's adventures. Then a phone call turns her world upside down. Will Katie be able to handle a real life crisis?