Jeremiah moved to Coffinwood with his family so his parents could work at the town's casket factory. On his way to the park, a lightning storm blows up, leading him to seek refuge in the nearest building: The Poison Ivy Street Library.Inside he finds a gloomy maze of dusty bookshelves, rustling pages, and Dedgar Wormworm, the creepy librarian. With no other option but to ride out the storm inside the library, Jeremiah reads three books given to him by Dedgar. Each book seems a little too real, and Dedgar seems a little too anxious for him to read them all.As the storm rages on, Jeremiah learns that in the Poison Ivy Street Library, the stories don't end when you close the cover. Sometimes that is just the beginning of terror.