Kate, Michael, and Emma are three siblings who have spent ten years bouncing between terrible orphanages. When they arrive at the mysterious Edgar Allan Poe Home for Hopeless and Incorrigible Orphans, they discover a magical green book that transports them back fifteen years in time. They find themselves in a frozen village terrorized by a powerful witch and her army of monstrous Screechers, where they must learn to use the magical Atlas to save themselves and the entire town. Their adventure reveals shocking truths about their own past and the powerful magic that connects them to this strange world.