Tommy, the son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War, must search his conscience to decide whether he should help a Yankee soldier escape and return home. Inspired by the early life of Woodrow Wilson.

Winnie is determined to find out who is sabotaging her new friend Ramon's chances to become a star circus performer.

Thirteen-year-old Skye, who lives at Keystone Stables with her foster parents and wheelchair-bound foster sister, has been wondering about her real parents, and, with God's help, she is finally able to meet them.

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.

Although Skye has looked forward to teaching Katie, a blind camper, about riding and handling horses, Katie's bitterness over being blind and her parents' upcoming divorce challenge Skye's ability to teach and to share God's love.