Stella Montgomery is in disgrace and the Aunts have decided there is only one thing to be done. She is to be sent to Wakestone Hall, a grim and dreadful boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek. Life at school is lonely and miserable, and when a friend disappears, Stella is determined to find her - no matter the dangers that certainly lie ahead. Soon Stella is thrown deeper into the mysteries of Wakestone and her own past. Will Stella be able to save her friend in time? And will she discover - at long last - who she is and where she truly belongs?