Bookish, socially awkward Pearl, the daughter of the librarian, can’t imagine a world without the libraryits books, its community of oddballs, its hominess. When the head of their Edna St. Vincent Millay statue goes missing, closure is closer than ever. But Pearl is determined to save the library. And with a ragtag neighborhood library crewincluding a constantly tap-dancing girl who might just be her first friend, an older boy she has a crush on, and a pack of raccoons who can read and writeshe just might be able to.