Stagestruck Blanche would like to be a part of a theatrical bear troupe's new play, but, her shyness causes problems until she discovers a special talent of her very own.

Caldecott medalist Emily Arnold McCully uses luminous watercolors and expressive line to tell a story that will comfort anyone who has ever felt unappreciated at home. In this last production of her lovable Farm Family Theater series, Ms. McCully shows that all families are real families.

In 1981 Federico, a 36-year old Italian tour escort of a group of Italian students in Ireland, meets Blanche, a 21-year old au-pair girl from France. He is a radio disc jockey and also a teacher of English. They decide to meet again two months later and make love. In the meantime he accompanies his group to London and then he goes to New Jersey for one month with another group. He meets Blanche in France and then in Italy. The title comes from the car number plates of Ireland, Italy and France. The original book is written in English and Italian, with some parts also in French, and is a good opportunity for those who want to study Italian and English.

Blanche White returns to Farleigh, North Carolina for the summer to help her best friend with her catering business. It's a homecoming rich with the potential for new romance and fraught with the pain of facing the man who raped her at knife-point years ago but was never prosecuted for the crime. Shortly after Blanche arrives, a young woman is murdered and the clues point to the rapist. Blanche investigates, determined not to let him get away with another crime¿ nor is she willing to let his money-hungry sister marry a sweet, mentally challenged man for his wealth. With her usual persistence, feisty wit, and indomitable spirit, her quest for the truth reveals the racism and sexism that still permeate the new south, but also the conflicts that divide her own family¿and that might prevent her from accepting the love she so richly deserves.