2012 Audie Award Finalist, Children's Titles for Ages 8-12. It's 1962, and it seems everyone is living in fear. Twelve-year-old Franny Chapman lives with her family in Washington, D.C., during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis.For Franny, as for all Americans, it's going to be a formative year. "Robust... a potent melange."—San Francisco Chronicle