Like other Mistems, Skylar has spent her life under the rule of Haeltons. But she never finds it easy to live with her head down, hardly noticed, with the rest of her race. When she catches the attention...

One half-tail is safely locked away in jail; another is starting seventh grade. A quiet summer for half-tail hero Dolby Hart and his whitetail deer friends lulls them into a false sense of security....