Tess MacMillan is a talented storyteller and a student in the third grade at Homer Higgins Elementary School. After a new boy moves to town and joins her class, Tess discovers she has a terrifying problem. This weird boy wants her private stories, the ones she never tells anyone. Why is he stalking her day and night for her secret stories? Why is he so desperate to have them? And what can she do to get him out of her life before he gobbles up her very soul? Tess will need courage, ancient magic, and the help of special friends to save her from the monsters who hunt her relentlessly-to save...