Dylan Provencher

Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather Adam MacAdam, whom he never met, on his sheep-farm on the Isle of Man. Both long for the end of the summer, having nothing in common but their love for dogs, notably Adam's precious champion sheepdog Bob. David strikes a friendship with Maggie, the sassy daughter of friendly neighbor Keith Moore, but Adam hates that family on account of an old canine competition-related tragedy. Other neig (imdb)

When a teenage boy's father falls ill, the son consoles himself by trying on a pair of shoes given to his father by a fortune teller. The magical wingtips transport him back in time, where the boy discovers more about family secrets and his indelible bond with his father.

A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression. (imdb)