Sunny discovers a shiny black at the end of a rainbow and believes that it has magical properties. But before he can test the powers of the rock, his friends want to know what he is doing. All is going well until Troy decides that the rock is his.

A Passage Through SEVEN LIVES is a stunning and perceptive memoir/history of Japanese culture and imperialism before and after the WW II. It is told with sensitivity and a warming, personalized look at the life of ordinary citizens both in the U.S. and Japan. Kyo Takahashi weaves a majestic tapestry, using the history of Japan and bloody battlefields as the warp, and lives of people who were involved in the war, as the weft. The author's personal recollections are interspersed with a detailed review of the political and social history of this era. Every fact was blended in carefully with...