Beatrice Maxie, a nonconformist in a small, rural high school, secretly dreams of attending the homecoming dance, but she can’t. The popular crowd doesn’t want her there, and her best friend rejects her for wanting to go. Stuck in the middle, she begins to understand just how twisted high school can actually be. As if that wasn’t enough, Max also learns there’s something else going on at school, something dark and sinister. She discovers a place haunted by the ghosts of students who have been ignored and forgotten, a place where also dwell creatures that feed on the pain, anxiety, and apathy spreading through the hallways and classrooms. Max must descend into the heart of this darkness to rescue two students who have nothing in her best friend and the school’s future homecoming queen. Before Max can save them, however, she must learn how to save herself.