Hinckley, Minnesota 1894

Carrie Vaughn and Daniel Johansson are both hoping desperately that the forest fires raging outside Hinckley won't reach town. Carrie has promised her Papa she'll take a train to safety, but she knows she won't -- how could she ever leave her beloved horse, Midnight, to die in the fire? And Daniel's grandmother refuses to leave their boardinghouse -- even if he can somehow raise the train fare.

When all the hoping in the world can't hold back the thick, suffocating smoke and uncontrollable flames, Carrie's disobedience and Grandma's stubbornness put them all in grave danger -- can they escape the merciless path of the fire in time?