1940: at a time of war, heart-broken Candisa is sent from London to live with "Aunt" Nelly Klaw in Green Gander Village.

Bullied mercilessly by Nelly's tyrannical twins, the ten-year old flees into a strange, mysterious forest.

Amidst magical realism and sorcery, Candisa finds herself at the centre of a battle between light and darkness.

Can she find the courage to resist the forces of evil when she meets three sisters?