There was a time when nine-year-old India lived in a world that felt happy and safe. But then a tragic accident took the life of her father and everything turned upside down. Now, along with her mother and older sister, Emily, she's forced to leave her home in the city behind. Their new dwelling? An old house in the sleepy town of Darkwood.

Some say the local woods are filled with dangerous wildlife. Others say they're haunted or cursed. Either way India has no intention of ever exploring the place people keep warning her about-after all, just being near it gives her a feeling of dread....