One day 10 year old Amanda is walking home from school when she sees the woods everyone always told her to stay out of the woods. Mainly beacuase 5 kids went missing their 6 years ago they were all 7 when the incident happen. Jacob, Rylie, Addison, Carlee, and Xander. All of them were found. Except Jacob. The four who lived said some black shadowy creature took him. Amanda simply never believed this. Until the day she saw him. Also the lgbt+ stuff will be later in the book