Trent Layman has a great life at the time at Oakville Middle School. However, his life is soon turned upside down when he discovers a book in the school's library. The book seems to be more than an ordinary book and Trent is teleported into a world beyond anyone's imagination. Trent must find a way back to his own world and a peculiar band of characters teams up with him to send him back into his own time. But someone has other plans for this seventh-grade student...