Between 1964 and 1977 a young vole named Joshua Templeton who is in the care of English Woodland Orphanages decides to write a diary because he has no one to talk to. His cheery disposition and positive manner carry him through the dark years of The Stoat Rebellion.
After being befriended by a paratrooper from the Woodland Central Government Army, Joshua's life takes twists and turns that would be unimaginable for him before. Joshua's diary tells of happiness, sadness, bullying and a society fighting to maintain its own existence.