But by the time Simon is awake, Otis is gone, and another Storm Maker comes to their rendezvous instead. He gives Ruby a tiny barometer whose dial shows events on the way rather than weather. He says that he, like Simon, is a Storm Maker, and he is here to help Simon, coming into his powers unusually young, learn to control them. While Simon’s in the hospital with the fever, a kind-looking man with a battered hat named Otis introduces himself. Even when he recovers, he starts shorting out appliances and cars just by touching them. Such is the scene when Simon gets a fever that coincides with an enormous thunderstorm. This leaves Ruby feeling isolated from her twin for the first time. Ruby, a budding scientist who loves helping their inventor father, hasn’t made friends here in the country, while Simon fits right in with the baseball crowd. Their parents are supposed to be supporting the family by farming while waiting for their Creative Pursuits to take off, but the crops are doing poorly due to a drought and the creative ventures aren’t going so well, either. Ruby and Simon are twelve-year-old twins who have recently moved from Chicago to a farm house in Wisconsin.
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