A young boy who loves the countryside determines to find the source of the black cloud that hovers above it.

Fictitious biographical snippets that celebrate the sky-written words of early aviation and the life of the man behind them.

Includes discussion questions and writing exercise.

--Winner, Red Dot Book Awards 2009-2010, Junior Category-- This diary began as Mum’s New Year’s resolution to get me to write. She told me to write when I a

The first book-length study of the relationship between children's literature and ecocriticism.