Audio Book Description:
Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is vast and deep as the whole world that lies beyond. It is a pair of new tennis shoes, the firstharvest of dandelions for Grandfather`s renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley bell on a hazy afternoon.But as young Douglas is about todiscover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals that hold time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human timemachine who can transport you to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.