A girl wears a cardboard box everywhere she goes.

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.

Sixteen-year old Chris' dreary life takes a turn when a girl from out of town steps into his world, but his temperamental brother David is about to get them into trouble again.