In the far distant future, the Baker family lives in a city of mutant giant redwood trees. Homes are carved right out of the wooden giants, and everyone must travel down walkways and roadways linked together through the dense British forest. Paul Baker is a little boy with a big problem. He just received a bad report card with a failing grade in history. Paul's teacher says he is lazy and uninspired by the past. How can Paul learn what he needs to know about history to succeed in school? On a trip to London with his friend, ...
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In the far distant future, the Baker family lives in a city of mutant giant redwood trees. Homes are carved right out of the wooden giants, and everyone must travel down walkways and roadways linked together through the dense British forest. Paul Baker is a little boy with a big problem. He just received a bad report card with a failing grade in history. Paul's teacher says he is lazy and uninspired by the past. How can Paul learn what he needs to know about history to succeed in school? On a trip to London with his friend, Maureen, he meets the Countess of Kensington, who teaches him that it is necessary to know the past, before we can contribute anything worthwhile to the future. Author PAUL M. COLLINS is married, with two children and three grandchildren. He wrote The Countess of Kensington as homage to the environment. This is his second book in a series. The story is set a thousand years in the future, when people have found answers to the many environmental issues which besiege us today. It is an optimistic story because I am an optimistic believer in the future. I believe people will solve the problems ahead simply because they cannot afford to ignore them. After teaching in London for 17 years, Collins then taught in Benin, West Africa, where he and his wife started their own school. He is now retired.
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