Sickly Astor Wood is sent to his grandmother's for the summer where he will, no doubt, be miserable, friendless, and bored. He unexpectedly finds a magical portal to other worlds within his granny's attic and is soon whisked away to adventure and mystery. He's faced with the choice of being a healthy, heroic universal traveler or returning to his home and family on Earth. It seems the choice is made for him when he can't find the portal back to his...