Sisu

Twelve-year-old Wood Rye has diabetes, but convinces his friend Ulysses Jackson that the doctors have misdiagnosed him. With Jackson's help, he runs away from the hospital and hides in a forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. There, he battles with both his illness and the harsh wilderness in a struggle that could cost him his life.Twelve-year-old Wood Rye is convinced that his doctors have misdiagnosed his diabetes, and with the help of his friend Ulysses Jackson the boys run away from the hospital and battle the harsh wilderness and Wood's illness in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan