'I adore stories in which people have weird dreams, and strange things happen.

But that's in books. Real life is supposed to be real, and I like my world to be solid around me...' Mel is the class bookworm.

She prefers books to people and doesn't want - or need - friends.

She certainly doesn't want to be first-week minder for new girl, Imogen. And Imogen is odd. Slowly, Mel discovers that Imogen has a special talent - a family 'gift' that Mel thinks is more like a curse. And that's when she realizes that stories can happen in real life, too.

For only she can stop Imogen's private horror story - stop the bad dreams...