Annie's faither, the great American patriot Patrick Henry, has been elected governor of Virginia. And that means 12-year-old Annie has a new home - the governor's mansion in Williamsburg. Most girls would be thrilled, but to Annie, it seems like more trouble than it's worth.
There's a scary stranger who keeps bothering her, simply because her dad is "important". And people in the capital city expect a politician's daughter to act a certain way. Even her new school is very different.
All in all, these changes are a little frightening to Annie. Especially when she realized that as she's changing, she's growing apart from her father and feeling more and more like God is far away too.
