Steele Miller is being bullied by Dirk and his crew of jerks, and not even Steele's police officer dad can do anything about it. Steele has heard strange voices coming from the ground in the park, and now everyone at school is making fun of him. Then there's that weird new girl, Maddie Fey, who Steele just knows is waiting for him. None of it makes sense, but then what does when kids are vanishing--seemingly into thin air--all over Canada and the U.S.?