By worldly standards the Hobart's family have it all. Then it is all taken away in an instant. The father loses his job then they lose the house and most of their material possessions. They leave it all behind to go to an unknown scary future. On the way to their new life they are in an accident with an Amish horse and buggy. There car is badly damaged and the kind Mr Lusk, an Amish man offers to put up the Hobart family till the car is fixed. While at the Lusk's the spoiled arrogant Hobart children get a touch of reality. Everyone in the Hobart family see that material things do not matter - relationships do. It is a fast and easy read with an enjoyable message and ending.