The Benjamin's Field Trilogy follows a struggling, yet proud, farm family through both world wars and three generations as they learn that the people and institutions meant to sustain society often fail - with tragic results. In Book Two, "Ascent," Jeremy Kyner, now a teenaged boy, becomes the focus of his teacher's animosity because of his infirmity. With the help of two dedicated school friends and an unconventional Jewish blacksmith, he takes to the sky, defeating his teacher's plans to institutionalize him and forcing her to divulge her own, dark, secret. Benjamin's Field is a historical novel about human dignity overcoming adversity, prejudice, and hatred. Interwoven with lighter moments, this dramatic and moving story will take the reader on a journey of inner exploration.