Wishing for something out of Alice in Wonderland, something beyond her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash is counting down the days until she and her mother move away from their prairie hometown of Treade. Its Ashs summer of goodbyes until, after a turn of fate, she finds her way into the mysterious, condemned building on the outskirts of town one that has haunted her entire childhood with secrets and questions. What she finds inside or what finds her is an untouched library, inhabited by an enchanting mute named Li.
