On July 6,1881, in Moingona, Iowa, when a ferocious storm washes out the railroad bridges, fifteen-year-old Kate Shelley risks her life to prevent a terrible train disaster.
When he falls in love with a beautiful mermaid who drifts in too close to shore, a young Irish fisherman snatches up her shimmering cape knowing that as long as he has it the mermaid can never leave him.
During the terrible blizzard of 1888 twelve-year-old Milton Daub fashioned a pair of snowshoes with the help of his father and ventured out into the snow to buy milk for his family, and ended up buying and delivering much needed supplies for his neighbors as well.
Colum's ability to understand the language of the birds gains him access as royal storyteller to the King's castle, where he is accidentally changed into a dog and entrusted with protecting the newborn prince from being kidnapped by fairies.
