A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver Thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm.
There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and.
Garnet can\'t help feeling that the Thimble is a magic talisman, for the Summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways.
The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnet\'s father.
A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver Thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm