When the Birds Stopped Singing is a magical fantasy story about Caroline Howard, a young girl who experiences a traumatic childhood. In the forests of Colorado, she meets Serena, a wood nymph. Secretly, she instructs Caroline in different spiritual modalities to help the girl as she struggles with abuse, deathly sicknesses, and bullying. Serena introduces Caroline to her spirit animals, takes her on journeys to the lower and upper worlds, and imparts the true wisdom of God and the universe. With Serena's help, Caroline uncovers the purpose of her current life's incarnation and discovers love along the way.