"Picture it." With that short command to her readers, author Kaye Umansky opens her latest novel and dispatches you on a real joyride of an adventure. In short, here's what you're in for -- a comic tale of: Solomon "Solly" Snow, son (or so he thinks) of Ma and Pa Scubbins; Prudence Pridy, of the unusually long nose, which (fortunately) is always buried in a book; and infant prodigy Rosabella, escaped from the circus and trained in the art of playing cute.
Off they go in search of their destiny, or rather, Solly's destiny, after he discovers that he's a foundling, left at the door of the Scubbins home one snowy night, with a monogramed silver spoon in his mouth.
Trouble is, Pa pawned the spoon someplace in Town and can't remember where he kept the pawn ticket. Now Solly must leave the village of Boring and get to Town, even though his shoes pinch and it's always raining. That's not to suggest that our hero would be able to do much even if he found the spoon: He can't read what's written on it.