Wolf Springs, Arkansas is home to a hidden family of werewolves, The Fenners. Katelyn was bitten only a short time after arriving in town, but the Fenners swear none of them bit her. Apparently there's a monster on the loose-- and with Katelyn struggling to resist her own animal urges, things are becoming complicated.

When German prisoners of war are brought to her Arkansas town during World War II, twelve-year-old Patty, a Jewish girl, befriends one of them and must deal with the consequences of that friendship.