Before he can go fishing, a boy has to figure out how to get himself, his dog and all his gear out to an island in a boat that can only carry 100 pounds.
Contains weird facts about weather that are strange but true, including stories about fish falling from the sky, pink snow, a man who was hit by lightning seven different times, and snowflakes the size of dinner plates.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.