Alice, a fifteen-year-old girl who was abducted by Ray when she was ten, lives in fear of what he is going to do to her and hopes death will save her from the nightmare.
Just Grace is excited to attend her classmate Grace F.'s sleepover birthday party until she learns it will be a camp-out, and then her fears begin to cause trouble.
Little Mouse ventures out on Christmas Eve in search of holly and gets a fright when white flakes start falling, making him think the sky has come undone.
Seventh-grader Timothy July and his new friend Abigail try to break a curse that is causing them and others to be tormented by their greatest fears brought to life.