A wise old shepherd teaches a young boy lessons about survival, bravery, wisdom, and friendship as he shows him how to take care of a flock of sheep in the harsh Mojave Desert.
After the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941, life changes drastically for eighteen-year-old Sumiko Ohara and her family when they are sent from their home in California to a series of relocation camps.
After being turned out by his mean-spirited uncle, Chris Dahlberg decides to harvest some of the timber on his grandfather's land in Minnesota and float the giant logs down the Mississippi River to market in St. Louis.