Bessie and Ninny are the best of friends. Sometimes on milk-moon nights, Ninny throws buttons at Bessies window. When Bessie peeps outside, Ninny sings: Bessie, oh Bessie! Come dance with me! For I hate to dance aloneDown the drainpipe Bessie slides to visit Ninny, and off they go. Most nights, they visit the grave of Ninnys grandfather, Oppa. It was Oppa who taught them three things that they will never forget: to dance, to sing, and to tell stories. Oppas wisdom ultimately inspires a pact between the two young friendsa pact that binds them together through love and marriage, war and separation, birth and death.In this simple but extraordinary story, New York Times best-selling author Carmen Agra Deedy speaks to each reader about the value of promises and the limitless power of love.