The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are.

When the Bear family goes to the seashore, they find a map which they hope will lead them to buried treasure.

In this village by the sea, a young boy notes the roles that each person in town plays. Everyone is busy: the blacksmith, the boatbuilder, the baker. But most important of all, the boy thinks, are the fishermen who bring in the catch, braving the waves and windy weather to return with the finest, freshest fish. His father is a baker, but the boy wants to be a daring fisherman when he grows up, undaunted by the stormy seas.

Surfs Up, Geronimo!: Geronimo tries to enjoy his seaside vacation even though his hotel is dilapidated. The Wild, Wild West!: Geronimo Stilton finds himself in the wild West, where he gets into a showdown with an evil rat.