Lisette's Beaulieu's private school classmates have always made the 15 year-old Creole orphan feel like a freak. But Lisette never believed them until she accidentally raised the dead in a cemetery late one night. When she discovers that her mother's family is alive and practicing Voodoo in the bayou, her world spins farther out of control. She must master her new found powers to save her best friend, Scooter, and the mysterious boy, Eric, she's come to love.