When thirteen-year-old Tyson's Grandpa Gene has to move into a nursing home the two sneak off to the Grand Tetons for Tyson's first big hunting trip despite his parents objections, Grandpa Gene's illness, and a man-eating bear on the loose.
Pansy, newly saved and released from prison, Jordan, a girl with an adventurous imagination, and Miss Amylee, Jordan's stepgrandmother, form an unlikely trio as they find themselves emeshed in the struggles and capers of their neighbors.
Eight-year-old Brandon Willard and his grandparents leave their farm for Florida and begin a new life with new names when his mother appears a year after abandoning him and wins custody.
Jim Black Eagle's grandfather is pressuring him to try out for the Olympic track team, hoping to make him the second Native American to win a gold medal, and Jim must somehow convince the older man that his heart is not in running, but in art.
Belinda spends a summer at her grandfather's house, enjoying horseback riding, days at the beach, and getting to know her eccentric grandfather, in chapter-book format.