Barry Crump's popular pungapeople return to delight young readers with their mischievous ways. Settlers unknowingly build a town on 'Pungaland' and so the Pungapeople begin their antics to try to drive the settlers away. The town is thrown into chaos. The Mayor calls in Professor Pingwit to find the source of the problem. Will Pingwit's scientific methods finally uncover the Pungapeople?