Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.

Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.

When twelve-year-old Kent helps his father in a daring underwater rescue, he wins the respect he has always craved.

"Walking home on a foggy night, Marly Shaw stops in the glare of approaching headlights. Two men step out of a pickup truck. One of them is her stepfather. A sudden, desperate chase erupts in gunshots. Both men are left dead. And a terrified girl is on the run for the rest of her life... Thirteen years later, human bones discovered in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California are linked to a mother and son from Central New York. Santa Clara County Sheriff's...

During the summer that he turns ten years old, Dillon Dillon learns the surprising story behind his name and develops a relationship with three loons, living on the lake near his family's New Hampshire cabin, that help him make sense of his life.

A young Native American boy carves a small wooden man into a canoe, and sets him off on a journey through the Great Lakes and down to the Atlantic Ocean. Based on Holling C. Holling's beloved Caldecott-awarded children's book. "****Editor's choice...Highly recommended."--Video Librarian "A classic. Shot with remarkable care and beauty."--All Movie Guide