Book excerpt: The book Treasures of Life, Musings of a boy is a story that encompasses all the wide and varied emotions and characteristics prevalent in mankind. The protagonist Steve is a philosophical boy whose musings about the world range from the relativity of time to the significance of friendship and companionship. His friend's importance in his life is paramount and each of their contrasting qualities binds them together and empowers them. He embarks on a treasure hunt with his arch-nemesis Walt, who grudgingly agrees to a truce. In the hunt for treasure they pick up jewels of wisdom and translate their enmity into friendship. When they are at the climax they receive a shocking surprise, a surprise that paves the way for them to understand the real treasures of life.