Kate and Humphrey have been kidnapped and taken to Twin Falls, Idaho. With the help of their friends Marcel and Paddy, they attempt to make it back to Jasper Park before the Eastern pack and Western pack wolves fight.
After the animals crash-land their plane in Africa, Alex the Lion reunites with his father, Zuba, only to discover that though they might be different, they can still make a great team.
"Carson Phillips is at the bottom of the food chain in a high school filled with people he hates, stuck living with his depressed single mother in a small-minded town at the corner of nothing and nowhere. He has just one goal: escape to Northwestern University and a career as a hard-hitting journalist. His guidance counselor tells him that he needs to bolster his application by creating a literary magazine. Which means he needs submissions. From other students. Carson resorts to the only thing he can think of: blackmail."--Jacket flyleaf.