Purrcy lives in a rural neighborhood with an older couple and a big dog named Mobo, who is Purrcy's best friend. When Purrcy wakes up bored with his familiar routine, he asks Mobo what the Great Outdoors is all about. The dog does his best to dissuade the little cat from venturing outside, but Purrcy is determined to learn new things. On his wanders he encounters the animals Mobo had warned him against, including Coyote who explains the facts of life in the wild.

Lyris Radleck's normal school life is turned on its head when she learns that she's only half human. Worse, she has a destiny she never asked for and doesn't want: to save Dandelorn, her father's world, from a desolate fate at the hands of a vengeful goblin. Lyris refuses her assignment until a heart-wrenching event changes her mind. Lyris is challenged to survive in a natural world without stores or cellphone coverage - let alone electricity or running water. Plus, Lyris' older cousin Darla, who's completely human, has dropped into Dandelorn behind her, and Lyris is faced with the task of...

Purrcy is an orange cat who lives in a rural neighborhood with an older couple and a big brown dog named Mobo, who is Purrcy's best friend. One morning Purrcy wakes up restless and bored with his same old toys, same food, and everything that's become so familiar. So he asks Mobo what the Great Outdoors is all about.

The dog replies that a little cat wouldn't be safe outdoors. Horse kicks, Bee stings, Skunk sprays something worse than poo. The list goes on and on. Last of all, Mobo explains that Coyote would happily eat Purrcy for lunch. Nervous but determined to learn new things,...