En un mundo donde los animales ya no existen, Kester Jaynes siente a veces que el tampoco existe apenas. Esta encerrado en un centro para ninos problematicos porque, segun dicen, le pasa algo raro. Y asi, cuando se encuentra ante una bandada de palomas que saben hablar y una cucaracha mandona, Kester piensa que ha acabado por volverse un poco loco. / In a world where animals are slowly fading into extinction, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes feels as if he is nearly extinct. Hes been locked away in a home for troubled children and is unable to speak a word. One night, a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach come to help him escape, and he discovers that he can speak to them. They need his help.