An Iowa farm boy longs to quit school and join his dad working the land Dick comes home from school early and tells his mother he was sent home with a stomachache. She puts him to bed and tells him to get some sleep, but Dick can?t shut his eyes for a second. All his life he?s wanted to be a farmer?to quit school and join his father and brother driving tractors across their sprawling property?and today is his chance. His father is getting a 2nd tractor, and he?ll need Dick to drive it. Dick is certain that there?s nothing on the farm that he can?t handle. But when he gets a taste of farmer?s work, will he be so sure it?s the life for him? This charming novel offers a detailed look at life on a farm and a snapshot of a time when a boy could quit school to work in the fields.
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