A sea dragon demands to eat a young girl onboard. Meanwhile, John Mischief joins the expedition of the Belbelo. Scared, Candy lands on the moth and runs away from Pixler. Rojo Pixler, a power-hungry merchant who is on a hunt, shoots down the moth. When Carrion hears that Candy is in Abarat, he sends a giant moth to abduct her. Shape reports to Lord Carrion, a powerful and evil magician. The 25th island is a mysterious place where the past, present and future are mixed together.) Mischief and his brothers, who are thieves, abandon Candy at the sight of the island police. (Each of the 25 islands of Abarat reflects a different hour of the day. To get there, Candy and Mischief throw themselves into the ebbing sea, and eventually reach Yebba Day Dim, the island where it is always 8 o’clock in the evening. She persuades him to take her to Abarat, where he lives. She doesn’t want to return to her boring hometown and wants to remain with Mischief, who has treated her with respect. Mischief gives her a key that is absorbed into her mind. The light summons a sea that surrounds them. Shape quickly realizes what Mischief is doing and pursues Candy. He wants her to light the lighthouse while he distracts Mendelson Shape, a nightmarish-looking creature. He and his seven other heads, which are his brothers, ask for Candy’s help. Near it she meets an eight-headed man, John Mischief. There, she discovers an abandoned lighthouse. After a humiliating scene with her history teacher, she cuts classes and wanders onto the prairie.

Candy Quackenbush, a Minnesota high school girl, hates living with her alcoholic father and defeated mother.

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