When his stepfather moves them to Taper, Florida, in the Everglades, twelve-year-old Charlie discovers a secret world hidden within the sugar cane fields, as well as new family connections and friendships.
After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose plots that endanger them all.
Maureen takes her chance to explore the outside world and get away from her mother, the troubled Mama Ruby, who kidnapped Maureen from a friend as an infant and is rumored to have killed her former husband.
Chaz Perrone throws his wife overboard one night when she discovers he is helping in the illegal dumping of fertilizer into the endangered Everglades, but she survives to team up with former cop, Mick Stranahan to secretly turn the tables on him.
Full-color photographs and text document the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades, describing its unique plant and animal life and efforts to reverse the environment abuse in the area.
Billie Wind ventures out alone into the Florida Everglades to test the legends of her Indian ancestors and learns the importance of listening to the earth's vital message.
