While living with her aunt at Slaughter House, eleven-year-old orphan Isabel "Izzy" Wixon retreats into a fantasy world to cope with her grief, surrounding herself with ghosts, a gentlemanly spider, and whatever else her mind conjures. But when Izzy creates the Boatman, a monster who lures children into a sleeping sickness, she must defeat him before she joins his collection.
While living with her aunt at Slaughter House, eleven-year-old orphan Isabel "Izzy" Wixon retreats into a fantasy world to cope with her grief, surrounding herself with ghosts, a gentlemanly spider, and whatever else her mind conjures. But when Izzy creates the Boatman, a monster who lures children into a sleeping sickness, she must defeat him before she joins his collection.