With Midland High School destroyed in a fire set by its own students, no one knows where they'll be going to school. And now it seems it's to be replaced by a private school closed to any outsiders or "undesirables." Worse, there's something evil behind all this--a secret that Marcus and his friends must discover--to save the town, the magic of the forest, and the Sioux tribe that was driven from this land a hundred years ago.

To do this, they must find "The Village," as Chief Silver Cloud calls it. Marcus, his marching band friends, and their allies among the animals must also protect it from Lorenzen, their nemesis and a dreaded "Indian hunter" from a hundred years ago.