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Zoe is a pro when it comes to playing hide-and-seek. Since Zebra has never played before, she must teach him the rules of the game with patience and courtesy. As it turns out, Zebra has something to teach Zoe, as well.

The little boy in this story loves zebras so much that he can detect zebra stripes in almost anything, no matter where he happens to be. He can spot them in his mother's eyeglasses, on the spoons in the kitchen drawer, and even, when the lighting is right, in a single blade of grass. Mom knows about his zest for zebras, and thinking it is slowing him down and keeping him from a broader view of the world, she is forever proclaiming, "There's no time for zebras!" But is there time for zebras? And more importantly, should there be?

Two young men battle corruption, the forces of nature, and their own weaknesses (including the issue of their love for the same woman) in the deepest part of the Brazilian jungle: In 1908 two Irish American brothers leave their jobs on the docks of Hoboken, NJ, to make their fortune tapping rubber trees in the South American rain forest.