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Hattie's world is turned upside down with the startling arrival of an uncle no one has ever spoken about.

Thirteen-year-old Delrita, whose unhappy life has caused her to hide from the world, loves her uncle Punky but sometimes feels ashamed of his behavior because he has Down's syndrome.

Hattie meets the childlike uncle she never knew and befriends a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.