Lucy and Megan Nakai, middle-school aged, Navajo sisters, are contacted by secretive mythical beings who call themselves pinecians. The beings invite the girls to tour the strange world of the colony by entering a hidden place, a tiny universe confined to the remote tunnels and fissures inside a stately pine tree. At first, alarmed and frightened, the sisters return home to reflect on the odd creatures and their enticing promises. Here is an opportunity to experience a new society and culture, a bizarre world where insects are predators and new experiences challenge the sisters' old...