When Etan, who doesn't speak, and Malia, who is also known as "the Creature" due to her acute eczema, become friends, Etan must convince his family and hers that he might have a cure for her condition.

Twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes, who has been locked away at a school for troubled children, is called upon to save the last animals living in a post-apocalyptic world where disease has killed most living things.

Carlota no habla. Todo el mundo la entiende tan solo con sus gestos y miradas. Hasta que un di?a, persiguiendo a su amigo Tom el raton, entra en la despensa y la puerta se cierra de golpe. La nina se queda encerrada. Que hara Carlota? Parece que la forma de salir de alla? tiene que ver simplemente con el uso de su voz. "Little Carlota is timid and afraid to speak. One day, by accident, she is locked inside the pantry, alone with only tomato cans...