When Nine year old Tyler Dumont is suddenly forced to move cross country with his parents, from sunny Arizona to a small town in rural Massachusetts, he isn't sure what to expect. But, once settled into their new home with it's creaking floor boards and the dark, twisted tree in the middle of the front yard, Tyler begins to see and hear things that he can't explain, and soon learns that there is a lot more to the old gray house than he ever expected. Suddenly, Tyler finds himself in the middle of a hundred year old mystery, his only friend the ghost of an eight year old girl. He has to do whatever he can to find the key and save his family - and himself - before something truly terrible happens to them all.