When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.

Eleven-year-old Yonder stopped talking when her mother died, and she stopped going to school because of the bullies, knowing that her father would never even notice (although the social worker did); indeed the only creature that seems to care about her is the one-eyed Shetland pony called Dirt who lives on the neighboring farm--so when she discovers that Dirt is about to be sold for horsemeat she is determined to find a way to save him.

Una mañana, temprano, Rob se pone a caminar sin rumbo fijo a través del bosque que se encuentra en los alrededores del motel donde él y su padre viven, cuando de repente se encuentra con un imponente tigre encerrado en una jaula. Pero ésta no es la única sorpresa extraordinaria que le deparaba a Rob ese día. También conoce a Sixtina Bailey, una chica que acaba de llegar a la escuela, y que muestra sus sentimientos con la misma facilidad con...