Annaleise is a teenager struggling to find herself while suffering the loss of her mother who disappeared without a trace. After a meaningless attack from bully Sheila, Annaleise wakes from unconsciousness to find herself in a different world. This new world holds many secrets including what really happened to Anne's mother. She encounters talking animals, gnomes and faeries, ferocious beasts, mythical creatures, and she bonds with new friends. Challenge after challenge leads Annaleise and her friends into a grand quest and battle while revealing secrets and testing Anne's strength. Will she ever see her mother again? Is any of this real, or is it a flight of her imagination?