The world is in ruins. A plague has wiped out more than a third of the population and many cities are reduced to ruins from being bombed. In this post-apocalyptic story the heroes have one major interest: to find books to start a library for this new struggling civilization.

Lily Potter is an average 15 year old living in the United States in 2011. When magic upheaves her life and drops her and her younger brother into a beloved world she thought was fictional, she discovers old family secrets-and family in general.