Summers at Howard Creek

In a fishing village near the coast of north Florida, Gloria spends the carefree days of summer with her loved ones, surrounded by a lush, natural landscape. She spends much of her time with her grandfather on the nearby rivers and streams, catching fish and exploring the wildlife from an old wooden boat.

Gloria is initially afraid of the shadows cast by the last rays of daylight on the sand and shell-covered roads and the strands of Spanish moss that hang like gray beards from the limbs of...