An orphan from Bermuda sets out to sea on a fine sloop crewed by a mysterious Japanese family determined to help find natural forms of therapies that grow in the Amazon rainforest. Dodging pirates and storms, an intrepid group forms and closes ranks as one threat after another presents itself. Romance blooms as a delightful sprite from deep in the rainforest makes an appearance, bearing a magic amulet that she gives to our hero. Through desperate challenges, with the advice of a forest shaman, the group takes on the uncaring world with cheer and ever-deepening bonds that carry them through the tumlt that is the Bermuda Triangle and on to the land of hope, America, with its resources and special needs.