Ruby Lavender and her grandmother, Miss Eula, are best friends. They're partners in fun, and even partners in crime --- when it comes to saving chickens from going to the slaughterhouse. Ruby just knows that she'll be lonely, sad and bored when Miss Eula heads for Hawaii to spend the summer with her new grandbaby. But thanks to the many letters they exchange while Miss Eula is away, Ruby's summer turns out to be a very special one after all.