Summer Linden time-travels, becomes a farm girl, and gains animal language. She exposes Aunt Gail's plot to sell her into a ghost marriage, fights back, and splits from the family. With animals' help, she builds a fortune and saves scholar Gideon Grant. They endure schemes and assassination attempts, becoming a couple. Gideon becomes the Top Scholar, and Summer Linden becomes the Top Scholar's wife, bringing a happy ending.