I told them. Of course, they didn't believe me, thought I was too scared to try. But here I lay in my hospital bed with rope burns around my neck. My name is Eric Grim and today I tried to kill myself. I told everyone that I thought cared I would kill myself if I made up a list of reasons why. Well, I got to reason fifteen and that was enough for me. Well now as I lay in my hospital bed I can hear the cries of my mother and my father comforting her. Did I make a mistake? I couldn't have, there's no reason for me to live. At least I thought there wasn't until I met him.

Emily Tussle was a normal middle schooler in 1984 well not normal. She wasn't your typical girl. But she was about to embark on a journey that will make her even more weird then normal. When she's thrown into the impossible with her friends,and crush. Can Emily stand the craziness of Demadogs and the Upsidown or will she crack under the pressure.