"Without a word, and with Escher-like precision, Van den Ende presents one little paper boat's journey across the ocean, past reefs and between icebergs, through schools of fish, swaying water plants, and terrifying sea monsters. The little boat is all alone, and while its aloneness gives it the chance to wonder at the fairy-tale world above and below the waves uninterrupted, that also means it must save itself when storms approach. And so it does....

The town of Clocknee is celebrating the advent of a new year when time suddenly comes to a halt, and a horde of hostile animated machines appears. It is up to a young girl named Sherry, her friend Pegreo, and Isaac, the time-traveling robot, to unravel the mystery behind the strange events. Together, they'll revisit the past and peer into the future, learning some very interesting things about their families and their peculiar town.

Views of Washington's headquarters at the Ford Mansion andJockey Hollow where troops were quartered in the winters of 1777 and 1779-80.