Noah lives with his parents in their village, Plum Orchard. He is friends with—and can communicate with—a variety of local animals, which comes in handy when the village's crops begin to fail after mysterious bushes start appearing in the fields. Will Noah and his friends be able to save the village? Or will something try to stop them from removing the bushes..? This is the first of ten books planned in the "World of Animals" series.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Four friends in a small village discover a portal that leads to a wondrous land where animals walk on two legs, go to work, and can talk. Together, they embark on an amazing quest full of mysteries in order to save the land from an evil force.”