Myers, Christopher A

A photo essay about how the islands were created, how they came to be inhabited, and what species of plants and animals currently live there.

A black cat wanders through the streets of a city.

The death of his grandfather forces a fifteen-year-old Iban boy to face the conflict between the traditions and beliefs of his tribe and the modern ways he has learned at a Western-style boarding school.

Relates how the plants and animals around a farmer's barn change over the course of fifty years.

On the roof of his building, lonely Jawanza meets a homeless man who teaches him how to make friends with the sparrows and pigeons that live up there.

Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is outcast because he has wings, but his resilient spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him and recognize his individuality.