Laws protecting the spotted owls in the old growth forest of northern California cost Borden's father his logging job. Angry, Borden vows to kill any spotted owl he sees, but has a change of heart when he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet.
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Nyroc, son of the evil Kludd and Nyra, is forced to fulfill his dead father's destiny and oppress all of owldom, but when doubt grows in Nyroc's heart he must make an ultimate decision between good and evil.
Rabbit and Badger adopt a lost baby owl and give him a red hat for Christmas so it would be easier to find him in the white snow; however, danger lurks in the forest for a white owl with a red hat.
Soren believes there must be a link between the reappearance of his long-lost sister and the disappearance of his mentor Ezylryb, and when he sets out to find Ezylryb, he stumbles across a truth that could lead to the destruction of the owl kingdom.