Should she write 'negro', like her teachers said? 'Black', like the Garbers said? Or 'coloured', like her parents said?
Iggie and her family have left town and Winnie misses her best friend terribly. Then the Garber family move into Iggie's house and that's when the trouble starts. The Garbers are black and Grove Street has always been white. Winnie is full of good intentions towards her new neighbours, but can they ever be friends . . .?
