Lord Asheye of Salamandastron has a prophecy: a new Badger Lord must take his place and reign over the legendary badger fortress. Maude Maudie, a feisty haremaid of the Long Patrol, is just the one to track down this young warrior.
Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man-eating entertainment act at the Colosseum.
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to the Warm Place that is home.
The five sixth-grade students in a small town prepare for their teacher's annual graduation ceremony, a mysterious ritual that several generations of students have experienced but no one can discuss.