"Fontania is an adventure-packed world full of dastardly power-seekers and marvellous animals like hippo-geese and cave-lizards—but Barbara's heroes are beautifully written ordinary boys and girls struggling to do the right thing, to be of good character! Barbara is a writer who notices things about people." Julia Marshall, Publisher

Rufkin, a perpetual no-hoper, is left to work in a salvage yard while his celebrity parents and talented siblings go on a summer acting tour. At the salvage yard, Rufkin meets Nissy and a small boy who can only say "Help!" Soon they are caught up in a magical adventure. Bursting with humor and mystery, this is the spectacular conclusion to Barbara Else's award-winning Tales of Fontania quartet.