"Maud isn't like the other night dragons. She doesn't breathe fire or cast great gray, sooty clouds over the land to bring nightfall. But when the chance comes, can her friend Mouse help her pluck up the courage to fly?"--Back cover.
A jovial singing frog, Tubs, helps his best friend, a human doctor, investigate a mysterious prophecy to uncover the source of an illness that is spreading through their beloved Louisiana swamp, infecting the animals that make the region their home.