In the Oregon Wilamette Valley young Opal Whiteley began to keep a diary of her feelings and observations of nature. In 1920 it was published with great acclaim. But then people began to investigate her life story and found that things didn't add up and as quickly as it rose into favor, the journal fell out.

But that wasn't the end of the story. In 1983 Benjamin Hoff found an old copy on the library shelf. He found the diary fascinating and began researching the life of Opal Whiteley and discovered that she had schizophrenia, which he believes lead to her early precocious writing and fantasies.

I thought her story told by him was fascinating. I got bored at about chapter 8 in her diary.