Akron Public Library

A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual.

Summary: Russell the sheep tries all different ways to get to sleep.

Fourteen-year-old John comes of age and gains self-reliance during the summer he spends up in the Wyoming mountains tending his father's herd of sheep.

When Hank's dad backs over his bike, which Hank left in the driveway, Hank starts pet sitting to earn money to buy a new one.