Callie's mother has chained herself to a tree.
Callie's mother has chained herself to the neighbour's tree and is living inside the treehouse. She refuses to come down until the neighbour, Mr. Wilson, agrees to leave the tree standing. Soon reporters arrive to interview Callie about her mother's protest. Callie doesn't want to talk to anyone. More chaos ensues when Callie's grandmother invites the "singing grannies" to help save the tree, the neighbour's biker friends come to her aid, and Callie's friends show up to try to get themselves on TV. Callie needs to figure out how to get her mother to come down from the tree so that her life can return to normal.
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Why did everyone keep asking me how I felt? How did they expect me to feel? I felt rotten. I felt worried. I felt scared. Scared about her falling and hurting herself.
And very very scared about what my friends would say when they found out what was going on.
How did I feel? What a dumb question.