The summer of '28. That was a vintage summer for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawns and new sneakers. Of half burnt firecrackers, of gathering dandelions, of Grandma's belly-busting dinner. It was a summer of sorrows and marvels and gold-fuzzed bees. A magical summer in the life of a twelve-year old boy named Douglas Spaulding.

(Key Words: Fiction, Science Fiction, Ray Bradbury, Dandelions, Byzantium).