ol mom trying to hold the home together during her husband's deployment. She has no patience for her daughter's daydreaming. And all that remains of Michelle's own dream of being an author lies neatly tucked away out of sight.

But when 9-year-old Sammie finds her mom's old journals, she writes herself into Kalpania-the fantasy world of Michelle's abandoned novel-and Michelle soon follows. But that world is dying. The Shadow Witch seeds despair as an incurable illness creeps across the land. Michelle must partner with her own main character and save the fantasy world she'd discarded along with her dreams.