After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

In a time of war, a young girl takes in a stray against her father's wishes. Is he a dog or a man in a costume?

During a summer weekend in Maine, 11 year-old Alan visits his grandparents, Edith and Harold, unwittingly disrupting their resentful marriage, reigniting old pain and sending ripples of conflict through three generations.