Although they have never gotten along well, seventeen-year-old Levi follows his older brother Boaz, an ex-Marine, on a walking trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. in hopes of learning why Boaz is completely withdrawn.
"Johnny is encouraged by his mother to take walks to relieve his boredom during the summer. He soon finds joy in walking as he collects rocks, goes to the library, finds some coins and meets a special friend. Includes reading activities and a word list"--Provided by publisher.
On a walk to Central Park a Japanese-American child's father folds paper hats and boats to sail on the pond and then paper cranes to fly on their bus ride home.
Although they have never gotten along well, seventeen-year-old Levi follows his older brother Boaz, an ex-Marine, on a walking trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. in hopes of learning why Boaz is completely withdrawn.
"The famed naturalist hiked through the rural American South in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, chronicling the Spanish moss, plamettos, magnolias, and other botanical wonders he encountered along the way"--OCLC.