In this picture book that is as refreshing and inviting as a perfect canoe day, a fawn peeks out from the trees as ducklings fan out behind their mother.
Butterflies pause and fish laze beneath the lily pads.
Ruth Wright Paulsen's sunlit paintings and Gary Paulsen's poetic text capture all the peace and pleasure of a day when water and sky are one. The year is 2057. Endless wars have torn the USA apart and enslaved Americans to the CCR, the Confederation of Consolidated Republics. Mark's solo camping trip to the desert begins as any other camping trip, until a mysterious beam of light appears. Although he is searching for his way back to earth, in the meantime he is forced to make a life in this unknown world.