Irene Lloyd's whole life was the definition of devastating. After suffering from the loss of her mother, Irene and her sister are forced to find a home away from everything they once knew. Gene Hollow was the fourth town the sisters had attempted to start a new life in, leaving Irene to follow her pattern of 'go to school, talk to no one and go home, ' but she could never have expected for a ten-minute walk through a forest to turn into a lifetime filled with strange happenings, unexpected friends and a certain nerdy boy that never seems to want to leave her alone.