Windlilly

Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods - all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, 40 dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.

What do you do when someone claiming to be a long lost relative shows up on your doorstep with 32 lumpy black valises? The Spellbound family lets Borgel move into their spare room. Things seem to go back to normal - until the night Melvin, Borgel, and Fafner, the family dog, hit the highway in Borgel's hot-wired 1937 Dorbzeldge sedan. It's no ordinary road trip, either, as the Dorbzeldge hurtles through time and space at 372,000 miles a second. Pinkwater fans and armchair time travelers alike will ponder the mysteries of space, time, and the Other and laugh out loud - repeatedly - as they...