While growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, the author wanted to be special. While she knew she was different, she did not believe she was special. She decided when she grew up, she would become a princess, like Cinderella! Through a labyrinth of events in the river city, this little girl would have one evening in the presence a King - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that is. This book helps children to dream and identify the ways they are special.