Set during and after World War II, Curtis Anderson,

is frequently joined by his three friends from Roosevelt

School in suspenseful adventures in Michigans

Upper Peninsula. Encumbered with wearing heavy

thick lensed glasses, and carrying a negative reputation

with his classmates, his challenge is to prove that

leadership and integrity are built by positive experiences.

Beginning with a solo ninety-mile bicycle trip as a twelve

year old, he is joined in the following years by his friends

rafting and ski jumping. Another solo trip in a home made

canoe takes him into a forest fire in Canada. In his sophomore

year in high school, the four boys find themselves trapped

in an iron mine tunnel.

Finally, entering their senior year in high school, they meet

an Amish family and are confronted with a different way of life.

Rebuilding an old Peogeot Bicycle together with Luke Miller,

and the big Mt. Zion Road Race brings the five boys to a fork

in the road. Mr. Miller tells the boys, We hold to the belief of

humility. Competition has a way of promoting pride. Luke

will not ride his bike in the race.

Will the only ten speed

bicycle in northern Michigan enter the race? Is sports

competition the glory of self? Curtis Anderson encounters

Set during and after World War II, Curtis Anderson,

is frequently joined by his three friends from Roosevelt

School in suspenseful adventures in Michigans

Upper Peninsula. Encumbered with wearing heavy

thick lensed glasses, and carrying a negative reputation

with his classmates, his challenge is to prove that

leadership and integrity are built by positive experiences.

Beginning with a solo ninety-mile bicycle trip as a twelve

year old, he is joined in the following years by his friends

rafting and ski jumping. Another solo trip in a home made

canoe takes him into a forest fire in Canada. In his sophomore

year in high school, the four boys find themselves trapped

in an iron mine tunnel.

Finally, entering their senior year in high school, they meet

an Amish family and are confronted with a different way of life.

Rebuilding an old Peogeot Bicycle together with Luke Miller,

and the big Mt. Zion Road Race brings the five boys to a fork

in the road. Mr. Miller tells the boys, We hold to the belief of

humility. Competition has a way of promoting pride. Luke

will not ride his bike in the race.

Will the only ten speed

bicycle in northern Michigan enter the race? Is sports

competition the glory of self? Curtis Anderson encounters