Crows, ragged and shining, glided gracefully like ancient creatures hovering over a new earth. They wove their blue black wings through the top branches of a dead tree in our backyard. I had not paid much attention to them until Annie stood there immobile, her blue eyes fastened upon them, her fingers gripping the window ledge.

Boy and girl alike will enjoy his quest to enjoy all the girls he ever met and some women too. He was very popular for all the right reasons, he found buried treasure, worked for all he got and he got a lot. The dream sequence covers a large portion of the book but thrilling in all its tale of what could have been. All can identify as he grows to manhood and his friends do also with all the disappointments .and joy thats a part of growing up with friends and family. Im sure some of this happened to us all. So lay back and relive youth during a happier time in the not too distant past..