Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion wine was a story about a twelve-year old boy named, Douglas
Spaulding. Douglas was just a typical twelve year old boy, who lived to play, run around and do what any other twelve year old would do. Not a very physically fit person, but it didn't really seem to matter. He was a person who got what he wanted, not by whining for it, but by keeping his mind on whatever he wanted and setting out a goal for it. He was a happy boy and not many problems, till now, and he had a younger brother named Tom. Tom Spaulding, age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was never in the way of his older brother, in fact they liked being together. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that. Dandelion wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois.
In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on.
Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths,
Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for his father. Also,
Douglas got extremely sick and was dieing and there was no information on what kind of illness he had. Douglas took these problems hard. To many things where going bad in too short of a time. His family was always there for him. He got well and soon forgot about the deaths in his life, he knew that there was nothing to be sad about and he was thankful that he did not die. Both Douglas and Tom changed in a major way, they grew up. They both
Dandelion wine was a story about a twelve-year old boy named, Douglas
Spaulding. Douglas was just a typical twelve year old boy, who lived to play, run around and do what any other twelve year old would do. Not a very physically fit person, but it didn't really seem to matter. He was a person who got what he wanted, not by whining for it, but by keeping his mind on whatever he wanted and setting out a goal for it. He was a happy boy and not many problems, till now, and he had a younger brother named Tom. Tom Spaulding, age ten, did what other little brothers like to do, tag along with his older brother. He was never in the way of his older brother, in fact they liked being together. Tom took every day slowly, writing most everything down, the first day of summer, the first this, his first that. Dandelion wine took place in a small town called Green Town, Illinois.
In Green Town the Spauldings owned a patch of land that they grew dandelions on.
Every summer, Douglas, Tom, and their grandfather would pick the dandelions and bottle it for wine. Summers in Green Town were very hot and winters cold. It was a town where almost everyone knew each other like a big family. In this story many problems confronted Douglas. There were many deaths,
Great-Grandma, Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh and Elizabeth Ramsal, which were friends and neighbors of Douglas. A good friend of Douglas, named John Huff, moved away to Milwaukee because of a job opportunity for his father. Also,
Douglas got extremely sick and was dieing and there was no information on what kind of illness he had. Douglas took these problems hard. To many things where going bad in too short of a time. His family was always there for him. He got well and soon forgot about the deaths in his life, he knew that there was nothing to be sad about and he was thankful that he did not die. Both Douglas and Tom changed in a major way, they grew up. They both