The real life of a small American town in the 60s of the last century is woven into circumstances that are completely incomprehensible from the point of view of common sense: a sleepy outback turns into an amazing world inhabited by bizarre creatures and phantoms. There is an ancient lizard - a beast from the Lost World, and the river monster Old Moses, and the ghosts of dead people with whom you can communicate. However, all these miracles do not seem supernatural, because they are passed through the perception of 12-year-old Corey McKenson, a talented an inventor who dreams of becoming a writer. His life is filled with fantasy and magic, exciting adventures and unimaginable dangers...