A quiet summer vacation in a small country village turns out to be anything but peaceful for Athene and her younger brother, Zach, when they find themselves caught up in a skirmish between two groups of magical, gnome-like creatures.
Joe cannot get anyone to believe that the lawn gnomes his father brought home are alive, but when the gnomes ruin the neighbor's garden and Joe gets blamed, he sets out to get proof that the statues are evil.
Jay Gardener is trying to stay out of trouble in his new neighborhood, but when strange things keep happening to him, he wonders if it is the lawn gnomes causing all the trouble.