One Boy Watching

One Boy Watching follows a rural boy’s long school-bus ride. As the first student on the route, he waits for Bus Number Four, then watches trees, deer, cars, sunflowers, and the wide sky through the window. Numerical descriptions shape his observations as other children board, until forty-eight students arrive at school. Later, the riders return to the bus for the trip home, completing the boy’s daily journey through country roads and city streets.