Presents the true story of Chessie, an unusual manatee who left the Florida seas in search of cooler waters and headed north to New England before being flown home for the winter by conservationists.
A young boy in the inner city becomes so depressed by the circumstances of his life that he considers suicide, but when he goes to stay at a farm and is given the responsibility of caring for a hawk with a broken wing, he gains the courage to go on.
