A girl named Candy runs away from her boring town(chickentown). She gets washed away to Abarat. She meets weird and interesting creatures in the strange new land. That’s where the exciting stuff starts... I won't ruin it for you!

Its about a girl named candy who travels threw her boring home town named "chickentown" and leaves behind her drunk dad and her mom who thinks everyday will be better. Candy runs into a creature from another place called Abarat. She travels with him to this Abarat and meets new people and terrors and is being hunted by Christopher carrion the lord of darkness...