In the middle of the Atlantic, a doorway opens. Through this doorway is an island explored only by those still trapped here.
Thirteen-year-old Annabelle Cross has traveled this stretch of the ocean before. But this time around, there’s something bizarrely different. For one thing, there has never been an island along this ship crossing. Secondly, there’s a shadow in the fog that oddly looks like a pirate ship. It even acts like a pirate ship as her family’s boat is violently torn apart by cannon fire. Now stranded on an unusual island, she finds a group of children who teach her everything the island offers to those chosen to stay. Forever