The book is about a boy who grows up amongst trees that can talk. The trees have stood still and watched a lot of things happen around them in the world. The book takes different topics and tells the boy the stories of world events from their perspective. The trees are also form a network amongst them and can act as the need arises. Humans are just not smart enough to understand what the trees are doing. They think since the trees don't move, they are without thought, emotions, voice, or communication. This is about a little boy's journey of understanding things from the eyes of the trees.