sentences:  The title of the book comes from a notation on the back of Emma's photo, which shows Max and 
  Emma as small children playing in a sand pit.In the notation, Max's mother refers to Max and Emma as "...our two little sand monkeys" 
  
  Sixteen year old Max arrives in a new household inhabited by several families and individuals.Among them there are a six-year-old boy named Mango; and a fifteen-year-old girl, Emma.