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Nine-year-old Daniel Hillman, a musical prodigy on Long Island, knows he'll be the first preteen in history to write, arrange and perform his own hit album, even though there are many other things he'd like to do. He knows that his older brother Steven will become the first teenager to circumnavigate the globe, his terrible school grades notwithstanding. He knows that his sister Lori is destined to become something great, even though she cries almost every day in school and is an emotional wreck.
What Daniel does not know is that life can get in the way. Parents. Cheaters. Vietnam. Jealousy. Desire. If Daniel's journey proves anything at all, it's that life can be as hard and painful as having your insides kicked out by circumstances beyond your control, or as simple and carefree as looking up and making a wish. Maybe both.
About the author
Joel Samberg began writing professionally at the age of 17 as a stringer for his hometown newspaper and continued on-the-job training as a student journalist at Hofstra University. He began his career as an assistant editor on trade magazines, then moved into marketing communications. As a journalist his work has appeared in over 20 magazines, and he has been a guest commentator on several documentaries and radio programs. Joel is the author of five nonfiction books, including Some Kind of Lonely Clown, about singer Karen Carpenter.
