One fine day, Moose takes a chance and sets out on a spur-of-the-moment sailing trip that ends in a raging storm at sea. Stranded far from home, he has a decision to make: is he going to curl up in a ball and cry, or is he going to make the most of it?

When Radley returns to the United States after volunteering abroad, she comes back to a country under military rule with strict travel restrictions, and she must find her way back to her Vermont home through the New England woods.