Have you ever felt like your world was collapsing around you? Julia not only feels this is her truth she knows it is in a way you can only know when you are thirteen going on fourteen. She knows that her world is falling apart when her father's new job almost gets him killed, her best friend moves, away, and she has to cross the border to live with her Tia. She used to love spending time with her Tia and cousin in El Paso but now she is not so sure. Her brother Willie needs her to be strong and her Mom keeps saying its only for a little bit. Is she right her world is falling apart or is it just her tendancy to be a drama queent that makes things look so dark?