BasedontheCarnegieMedalwinningnovelbyMargeretMahy.Sixteenyear-oldLauraChantliveswithhermotherandfour-year-oldbrotherJackoinapoornewsuburbontheedgeofapartiallydemolishedChristchurch,NewZealand.LauraisdrawnintoasupernaturalbattlewithanancientspiritwhoattacksJackoandslowlydrainsthelifeoutofhimasthespiritbecomeseveryounger.Lauradiscovershertrueidentityandthesupernaturalabilitywithinher,andmustharnessittosaveherbrotherslife