Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in &ldquo;the Bathtub,&rdquo; a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink&rsquo;s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he&rsquo;s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack&mdash;temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink&rsquo;s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother.