"Lisa is a lonely girl who enjoys wandering nature and collecting odd bones and pebbles. The other kids think she's kinda weird, maybe a witch, and avoid her. When one day she discovers a tree that allows passage to a parallel world, she finds herself in the middle of a demonic invasion plot, faced with saving the very children who ridiculed her" -- Back cover.

"Though twelve-year-old Miguel Rivera dreams of playing guitar for the world, his family of shoemakers, who banned music generations ago, has a different future in mind for the hopeful musician. One night, Miguel's attempt to prove his musical talent finds him in the Land of the Dead--a colorful metropolis where his musical idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, lives in a sparkling hacienda. With help from a kind trickster named Héctor, Miguel aims to meet Ernesto...