An autobiographical account of growing up in colonial Barbados during and after the Second World War.

When a young boy has a day where nothing goes right, his father helps him deal with his feelings and see that things change as he grows up.

It's all about relationships.

We learned early on that if we were going to do stupid things, it was best done where Mom couldn't see them. With twelve kids, Mom's hands were pretty busy, so

So there's this nerdy fifth-grader named Melvin. He lives in Brooklyn, and wants nothing more in life than to go to computer camp. There he can build the ultima