Wee Gillis cannot decide whether he wants to be a Highlander and stalk stags like his father, or a Lowlander like his mother, raising long-haired cows.
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
When two boys from a remote island off the Irish coast venture to the forbidden Island of Horses, they find a beautiful and tame black colt--and trouble with desperate men, but Pat's frail grandmother returns with them to the island to uncover its secrets.
Having decided that it is backward day, a boy dresses himself first in his coat, last in his socks, and continues in that way with the cooperation of his family.
On a magic moonlit night, the sleek, shiny automatic new car and the beat-up old car with many miles on its speedometer go for a drive to see which car is the best.
