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Joe is a country boy who lives a secluded life with his uncle. He had a good friend named Ned, and the two of them often went out to play and explore together and established a deep friendship. However, one day an unfortunate disaster broke Joe's peaceful life. A lightning struck down a large tree close to his uncle's cabin. The tree fell on the cabin, crushed it, and seriously injured his uncle who was in the house to death. Before his death, his uncle told Joe about a blue box, but died before he could finish, leaving an unsolved mystery. As a result, Joe lost his support. With that secret, he walked into society alone and began to seek a life...

Alger's works have become synonymous with "American spirit" and are still required extracurricular reading for American middle school students, with total sales of more than 200 million copies worldwide. He himself has been praised by several U. S. Presidents as the "Father of American Spirituality" and is ranked alongside Mark Twain as the two writers who have had the most profound influence on the United States today.