Henry's outing in the woods with his dog involves him in a dangerous forest fire, heroism, and a helicopter ride.

John Davis has a "dull aching sense of missing out, of not getting anywhere". There must be millions like him, he thinks. His relations with his wife, Serena, are shallow and unsatisfying. In the late 1930's, he tries to rekindle their marriage by bringing her to a special place from his past, the Montana Mountains. He is chagrined when she asks other people to join them on the camping trip. Plans are further disrupted by a catastrophe - a forest...

For most of Ben's life, he has been a kid without a mom. He has his dad, who knows Ben doesn't like oatmeal and always hugs Ben before bed. And he has Sunshine, his loyal little dog, who is never far from his side. But his mom, who left when he was young, has just been a story, faint in his memory. Now he's about to spend a whole week with her on her remote island in the middle of the northern Minnesota wilderness. Though he's nervous about bears...