Handy and Grace are poor children living on the edge of the Overworld. They long to find security for their family, but their garden is failing, their chickens stopped laying eggs, and their cow stopped giving milk. After going day after day into the woods with their father, they have been unable help bring in much food other than wild onions. That is until a strange parrot appears one day in the woods. With the help of Handy's obsession with onions, they follow the parrot deeper into the woods, hoping to find food. What happens next is a strange adventure filled with witches, potions, sweets, and possibly - death. Find out more inside now!