After endless taunting by mean girls at the boarding school her parents plopped her in, sixteen-year-old Lucy Clark has had enough. When she retaliates, however, the damage is worse than she meant for it to be, and she gets suspended. With her readmittance pending, she’s sent to New York City to live with her cousin, a young, high-powered magazine editor who can’t be bothered with a wayward teen. Lucy’s punishment for the incident at school is being a full-time companion to an elderly woman. Though she’s never left Texas, Lucy is excited to get away. Maybe taking care of an old lady won’t be that bad…It's not like Lucy has a home to go back to, since her parents travel constantly so her father can promote his successful self-help books. If only they worked on Lucy. Once in New York, Lucy’s “old lady” companion is not at all what she expected. Edith Fox is eccentric, worldly, and mysterious. The first thing she does is toss out the list of rules that Lucy’s parents sent with her (No sugar under any circumstances, no unsupervised phone or internet use, and so on). Although Edith’s world of hidden New York City gardens and “Sea Change Days” is wonderfully magical, there’s one other thing about Edith Fox that makes her unlike anyone Lucy has ever met: Someone is trying to kill her. And Lucy has the summer to find out just who it is.  In the vein of “Search Party” and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, this contemporary YA novel delves into some tough issues with a light touch, humor, and unforgettable characters as only critically-acclaimed author Margo Rabb can write them.