Meet Polly Andrews, a girl in the American Civil War. News of her pa's death had long reached her and she was now starting to recuperate when a Rebel's gray uniform appears in the woods... When Polly decides to help the wounded Rebel, she cannot know what it will bring her. Days pass, threats arrive and then comes a battle In the midst of sweet lemonade and sweetening moods, Polly finds life to be a series of surprises, good and bad. What will Polly's last surprise be?