A drought that never ends, a hidden realm, an evil lurking behind the face of innocence; time is running out for the people of Goonaderra in country Australia, and the only one who can save them is a lonely ten-year-old girl who’s afraid of the dark. Ellie Johnson didn’t ask for The Gift. She doesn’t even know how to use it. With the help of one potty-mouthed old man, an aging magpie with an attitude problem, and a dying race of invisible beings, how can she ever hope to defeat an evil fiend with the power to destroy an entire world? Who will live? Who will die? And will Ellie’s annoying little brother ever stop saying that green ice-blocks are made of boogers?
