An unforgettable story of friendship from the award-winning master of contemporary fiction for young listeners, Sharon Flake

At first, charmingly willful, spoiled and precocious 10-year old Queen doesn't like her new neighbor—humble, naïve, broken bike-riding Leroy. He claims he's been to Africa, but how can she take this smelly, raggedy boy seriously? And especially when he starts to move in on dinner-time with her family. But ultimately, Queen learns some important life lessons from Leroy—that the words we say to people do matter and that friendship can blossom where you least expect to find it.