The Shadows - (Books of Elsewhere) by Jacqueline West (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Roald Dahl meets Neil Gaiman in this creepy but whimsical tale about an 11-year-old girl who moves into a Victorian mansion and discovers she can enter another world through the antique paintings left behind.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>For fans of <i>Small Spaces</i>, <i>Coraline</i>, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and James Howe's Bunnicula classics comes the first book in the award-winning, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Books of Elsewhere series.</b> <p/> This house is keeping secrets . . . <p/> When eleven-year-old Olive and her parents move into the crumbling mansion on Linden Street and find it filled with mysterious paintings, Olive knows the place is creepy--but it isn't until she encounters its three talking cats that she realizes there's something darkly magical afoot. Then Olive finds a pair of antique spectacles in a dusty drawer and discovers the most peculiar thing yet: She can travel <i>inside </i>the house's spooky paintings to a world that's strangely quiet . . . and eerily sinister. But in entering Elsewhere, Olive has been ensnared in a mystery darker and more dangerous than she could have imagined, confronting a power that wants to be rid of her by any means necessary. With only the cats and an unusual boy she meets in Elsewhere on her side, it's up to Olive to save the house from the shadows, before the lights go out for good.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A suspenseful plot and insight into childhood loneliness will have readers anxiously awaiting the new book." - "Publishers Weekly", starred review<br><br>"I would rate this book a 9.5 out of 10. This is a great summer read that will let your imagination run wild." - "TIME for Kids"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>A two-time Pushcart nominee for poetry, Jacqueline West lives in Chilton, Wisconsin. This is her first novel.
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