Nim (Bindi Irwin), de 14 anos, está mais decidida do que nunca a proteger sua preciosa ilha e lar de seus queridos animais.

Enquanto implacáveis empreendedores e ambiciosos caçadores ameaçam a existência do mundo que adora, Nim percebe que para salvar a ilha vai ter que juntar forças com alguém de fora, Edmund, que fugiu do continente. Somente com a ajuda dele, Nim terá uma chance de impedir os vilões de destruir sua preciosa ilha.

A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles. After suffering an injury during the war, the father believes he is an invalid. He and his wife have a 10-year-old boy and another, younger boy. The adults pretend to be injured by autos in crowded traffic, blackmailing the fearful motorists with threats to call in the police.

Michael (Jeff Bridges) drops out of college with the intention of finding himself. When his parents (Carl Betz and Vera Miles) balk, he talks them into joining him in traveling the country and educating themselves about the state of things. They, along with Grandma (Ruth McDevitt) trick out an old Greyhound bus and hit the road. The picaresque plotline brings the family into contact with a variety of colorful characters. The producers of In Search of America never declared outright that the made-for-TV film was intended as a series pilot, but it ends on an ambiguous note with plenty of loose plot ends. In Search of America was first telecast March 23, 1971.