Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his fatherâs coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up.
Lawn Boy says: The summer I was twelve, mowing lawns with Grandpaâs old riding mower turned into big business. With advice from Arnold the stockbroker, I learned all about making money.
Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is capt...