The bullies called him coward. But it was on a day at a carnival in Abilene that an old Incian medicine man made an astonishing prophecy: "Some men spend their lives searching for who they are-searching for their courage. You will see yourself in the eye of the great bear." When the man's prophecy came true, Bailey had to make a choice that risked his life.....

Afraid of dogs since he was attacked by a mad one as a young child, Ricky resists taking in a homeless pup that shows up at the farm.

After living in Chicago apartments his whole life, Brad loves his new home in rural Oklahoma. He's even got an instant best friend: Nolan, his neighbor at the next farm. And now that his family has a house with a yard, he's sure his parents will finally let him get a dog. But all his dad keeps saying is "We'll see." Then Brad discovers an orphaned coyote pup and decides that this is the dog he wants. Soon he is secretly taking care of the wild...

A posthumous letter referring to buried treasure convinces Gary that his grandfather did not die a natural death and, with his friend Brian, he sets out to find both the treasure and his grandfather's killer.

Nick is changed by his younger brother Jimmy's slow death from leukemia, but a small private miracle at Christmastime helps him accept Jimmy's fate and go forward with renewed faith.

Fifteen-year-old Amanda's refined life in early twentieth-century San Francisco is disrupted when she grudgingly accompanies her mother to the Oklahoma Territory on a crusade to save the buffalo.

Chuck the cat wants to save his friend Willy the dog from getting caught by the dog catcher, but he is afraid that some new cats in the area will be upset when they find out his best friend is a dog.