Fone Bone emerges as a reluctant hero, driven by loyalty and his love for Thorn.

Fone survives a lonely winter in the forest, befriending a family of opossums and narrowly escaping terrifying, hungry "Rat Creatures".

The story of (known in Turkish as Boneville’den Çıkış ) marks the beginning of Jeff Smith’s epic fantasy saga. It follows three distinct cousins who find themselves thrust into a world of high stakes and ancient mysteries. The Departure from Boneville

The journey begins when the three Bone cousins—, Phoney Bone , and Smiley Bone —are run out of their hometown of Boneville due to one of Phoney's shady business deals or "get-rich-quick" schemes. While wandering through a vast, uncharted desert with only a crude hand-drawn map, they are suddenly attacked by a massive swarm of locusts and separated. Discovery of the Valley

It is hinted that Thorn and Gran’ma Ben have a royal history and a major role to play in the brewing war for the Valley.

Phoney Bone and eventually Smiley Bone find their way to the same area, reuniting the cousins at the farmhouse and the local town of Barrelhaven.

The modern, cynical humor of the Bones contrasts with the medieval, magical reality of the Valley.