The first night comes, after a quite good day, a day where he has done alot of fun things with auntie, though he did not climb the tree outside his bedroom window when Rachel suggested it, climbing a tree was something he had never tried before. He is afraid he will not be able to sleep, but Rachel gives him a quilt that has travelled around the world with his great- greatgrandfather, who was a captain, may be even a pirate.

The quilt is a dream quilt, and Alex has the most adventurous dreams through the seven nights he spends in aunt Rachel's house. From being the quiet, scared little boy that arrived, he grows to a boy with much more belief in himself. With the help of the dream quilt he goes through several adventures, and discovers the strength in himself. And through his days, aunt Rachel is there to back him up, to believe in him, to have time for him.

Every child should have a grown up like aunt Rachel, where they can be given courage to believe in themselves. To discover that they have the strength to manage.