Well, Dinnie hasn't really been kidnapped. The two strangers are her aunt and uncle who have taken Dinnie to the boarding school they run in Switzerland because Dinnie's family is going through hard times.

Dinnie struggles with learning Italian. She can't understand why some words are masculine and others are feminine. But she can understand what other students are trying to say as they learn English, such as "running in my ears the bells," "she knocks my eyeballs," or "It's bloomable."

As Dinnie makes new friends-Guthrie, the exuberant American, Keisuke, the quiet Japanese boy, Belen, the tell-it-like-it-is girl from Spain and Lila, the pistol, she learns about the possibilities, the "bloomabilities" in her life. What are the bloomabilities in your life? Are they like Dinnie's or Guthrie's or Keisuke's or Belen's or Lila's? Find out by reading Sharon Creech's, Bloomability .