Gaby and the Ten, plus eleven stray dogs, pack into a racketty old Citroen van for a camping holiday in the South of France. During the first night out they meet two charming Canadians searching for a village called Saint-Salgue, from which the Canadians believe their home in the prairie took its name. The gang soon realizes that the name has a mysterious significance not only for their new-found friends, but for two rather unfriendly characters who are tailing their van. (adapted from bookseller description)