First there was the irreverent rabbit Suds, airing his vexations in The Backwoods Rabbit. Now comes the rowdy prequel, Mindipin, about a lowly possum whelp taken from her simple life in the wilderness to the sterile confines of the infamous pilot ward. And there, if she is to survive, Mindipin must learn to adapt and endure the harsh realities of constant trials and torment as she devises a way of escape--all the while learning the secrets of healing and potions.

Thus begins Miindipin's perilous road to her inevitable destiny, along with Violet, a flighty three-legged skunk, Big Divvy, the grouchy groundhog, Epe, the saucy little mouse thief, and a slew of other amusing characters, all the way to the scandalous wilds of the Backwoods.