The novel tells the story of Sardonia, a smart and creative girl who has one problem: she hates her name, which makes her the target of her classmates' jokes. As a result, books and stories become her loyal friends. One day, she finds a globe in the library and meets two eccentric friends from the eighth continent. This continent imports imagination and exports stories, but it suffers from drought due to declining reading and a lack of imagination. Sardonia and her friends decide to save the imagination and the eighth continent.