The last thing twelve-year-old Gavin wants to do for Christmas vacation is spend a week with an old man he barely knows. Not like he has any say in the matter.
Grandpa's farmhouse is old, cold, and in the middle of nowhere. With phone lines down and no TV or computer, the isolation is nearly unbearable. But when Gavin falls ill, growing weaker each day, he discovers something's not right on Grandpa's farm. And isolation becomes the least of his worries.