A small, brave girl in a dark enchanted wood is bound to have the grandest of adventures. When Alice’s brother is finally granted the opportunity to receive a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother Nell’s house. There’s nothing good about staying with Nell, except the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of the garden. But for some reason, Nell wants to have it cut down. Alice is at home in the woods. It’s the only pace she feels at peace when she thinks about her brother, and she even finds a friend there—Flo. But Flo doesn’t go to the local school, and no one in town has heard of her. After Flo shows Alice the surprising secrets of Darkling Wood, Alice wonders: What is real? Will saving the wood help her brother recover? And can one little girl defend something so despised and feared?