Contains photographs and descriptions of thirty once-in-a-lifetime journeys to take around the world, including a trek across an ice cap in Argentina, a drive down the legendary Route 66 in the U.S., and a barge trip down France's Canal du Midi.
When her veterinarian father dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must move from Maine to North Carolina where her Aunt Sue spends Iris's small inheritance while abusing her physically and emotionally, but the hardest to take is her mistreatment of the farm animals.
