16-year-old Fola Oduwole is scared. She's scared of disappointing her
parents, she's scared of not being able to follow her dreams, but most
of all she's scared for her brother. He has cancer and his surgery's
coming up soon, it could leave him paralysed, or worse. Fola deserves a
break, and she gets her wish when she takes the Victoria line one stop
too far and is transported to Folkshore, a magical, hidden part of
London.
Now she's scared of the talking animals, the mythical Shriekers and not
being there when her brother wakes up. Fola wants to go back, but a
thunderstorm destroys Folkshore station. As she looks for another way
out, Fola stumbles on the local Assembly's nefarious plans. She realises
that the only way back to her brother is to help her new friends as they
resist the pugnacious police pigs and the authoritarian assembly.
If she fails, the community she's come to love could be destroyed
forever and she may never find her way home.