In 2040, eleven-year-old Tom follows his grandfather through the Wall and into the forbidden Wild, where they seek to find his grandfather's boyhood home.
Nettie and John Peter have been passed from one relative to another ever since their parents died, so when they go to live in Boston with their grandfather, Nettie doubts he really wants them.
Amid the political and social upheaval of South Africa, seventeen-year-old Jason is confused about his place in the world and the turmoil in his broken family, but a quest for the gift his dead grandfather willed to him helps him find peace.
Twelve-year-old Tom learns first-hand about honor, first when he is wrongly accused of lying at school, then when he faces the risk of losing a puppy he has come to love while helping his grandfather train hunting dogs, but writing to a new friend helps him sort his feelings and do the right thing.
One side of this upside-down book celebrates all of the things grandmas do for their grandchildren. Turning the book over and around produces a similar celebration of grandpas.
When Joshua, Krista, and their friend, Charlene, find Granddad's souvenirs of World War II, he takes the opportunity to tell them about the war and his experiences as a Tuskegee Airman.