خلاصه داستان : جان گروبرگ، یک بچه مزرعه از آیداهو فالز، از اقیانوس عبور می کند تا در جزایر دورافتاده و عجیب و غریب تونگا در دهه 1950 مبلغی شود.

John H. Groberg, a middle class kid from Idaho Falls, crosses the Pacific to become a Mormon missionary in the remote and exotic Tongan island kingdom during the 1950's. He leaves behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean. Through letters and musings across the miles, John shares his humbling and sometimes hilarious adventures with "the girl back home", and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to overcome language barriers, physical hardship and deep-rooted suspicion to earn the trust and love of the Tongan people he has come to serve. Throughout his adventure-filled three years on the islands, he discovers friends and wisdom in the most unlikely places. John H. Groberg's Tongan odyssey will change his life forever.

خلاصه داستان : پس از اینکه یک یاپی خودخواه لس آنجلس متوجه می شود که پدرش ثروتی را برای یک برادر اوتیستیک در اوهایو به جا گذاشته است که او از وجود آن بی اطلاع بوده است، با برادرش فرار می کند و به امید به دست آوردن یک میراث بزرگتر به سراسر کشور می رود...

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.