"It's 2060, and a devastating civil war has left the country in shambles. Professor Paulie Panther--botanist, writer, and hopeless romantic--arrives in the experimental forest town of Boney Borough to research a strange plant growing behind the high school. As he conducts his research, he befriends some of the local residents: Miss Jem, the alluring science teacher; Billy Borg, Boney Borough's star athlete; and Pearl Peach, the rebellious schoolgirl....