Eleven-year-old Trina steals a ride on the back of the Great Barrett, a very big bird. Though Barrett would much rather stay in his comfortable home, they are destined for adventure. Trina and the Great Barrett are captured by evil Shaggies, held in a cave prison and escape into a storm of rose petals. They encounter the Dancing Sand Band (complete with flute, lute and burtlephone), a parliament of confused but helpful owls, a cloud-scraping machine,...