Gemma Jones does not belong. Her family are alcoholic drug users who enjoy making her life a misery. People shove past her at school like she is invisible. She is a lonely teenager, with no one to make her feel welcome in the world. The only place she really belongs is in the magical woods, a beautiful green haven, filled with birds and berries bursting with tongue tingling flavour, her only friend a wonky tree. So she is delighted when she meets a girl in the woods, and starts her first ever friendship with someone. But the girl is not being entirely truthful... and hides a sinister secret that threatens to destroy Gemma's whole world... On top of that she meets a boy, who turns her life around, makes her feel special, but he too has a secret that, if discovered by Gemma, could put her in perilous danger...