Seven Stories Up

Children's Literature
- Heidi Hauser Green
The year is 1987. Annie and her mom have made the trip from Atlanta to a private apartment within a closed-down Baltimore hotel in order to see Annie's grandmother for the last time. For Annie, it is the first time she meets her grandmother. The old woman is dying, and they have come to pay their respects before she passes. But the old woman is bitter, and Annie's mom has never had a good relationship with her, so their initial words are cross and toxic. When Annie falls asleep, it is with a sense of sadness about the visit. When she awakes, it is 1937. She is with a girl named Molly, who is sequestered in the same hotel apartment due to her parents' concern for her health.