On an otherwise ordinary street in Chicago there is a house. An abandoned house where, once upon a time, terrible things happened. The children who live on this block are told by their parents to stay away. Of course, children don?t listen. Children think it?s fun to be scared, to dare each other to go inside. Jessie Campanelli dared her little brother Paul. But unlike the other kids, Paul didn?t return. His friends say that the house ate Paul. Of course, the adults didn?t believe that them. Adults never believe what kids say. But the disappearance of her little brother broke Jessie?s family apart in ways