David Nyweide's book is a story of family and of youthful adventure, but mostly about a boy's kinship with Wisconsin's north countrya kinship nourished during sixteen years of summer family vacations at a Plum Lake resort. The crisp mornings, the soft evenings, the smells of campfires and pines, the sounds of water lapping the sandy shoreall are delightfully described by a talented yound writer.