Presents the fictionalized story of how Johnny Mickley, an eleven-year-old boy, helped his father to keep the Liberty Bell safe from the British during the Revolutionary War.
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
The true story of Milton Daub, who during the blizzard of 1888 fashioned snowshoes and ventured out to buy milk for his family, and ended up obtaining much-needed supplies for neighbors as well.