This is the story of Robin, the middle boy of a rambunctious family of eleven children, and rough-hewn country folks. The farm country where Robin lives is traversed by a small river the ten-year-old calls Freedom Creek. Minnows, too numerous to count, seem happy to live in this creek; they swim in one area of the flowing stream for a while, then, when they have stayed there long enough, they swim somewhere else. However, each Fall, they are forced...