In a post-oil America with no electricity, no Internet, dwindling resources, and little civic order, the residents of the small town of Union Grove, New York, must deal with roving bandits and a sinister cult that threatens to shatter the hamlet's stability.

Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks.

A toy farmer on a tractor that Jed finds in the attic transforms his bedroom into a real farm, where a vine grows and produces one enormous pumpkin. In the attic, Jed finds an old toy tractor with a miniature farmer in the driver's seat. It seems just like any other toy - but then amazing things happen. First, Jed's bedroom carpet begins to sprout tiny green shoots. Then a pumpkin appears on a vine. It grows and GROWS, until it is big enough to win...

Tavo dreams of nothing but being a famous basketball star, and getting new shoes so that he can practice better, but his village in Mexico faces a serious drought and Tavo and his father must work to convince the other people that the old way of irrigation will save their crops.