Genre: Upper
Elementary, Middle Grade, Mystery
Source: I
purchased a copy
If you like
creepy mysteries then I recommend this book to you. Sarah and Billy will be
spending their summer fixing up her late grandmother’s house to sell. Sarah’s
mother just wants to get things done and the house sold. She has never liked
the house and she believes that her own mother was a little crazy. The reason
it that Sarah’s grandmother used to tell some pretty crazy stories to her mom.
While cleaning things out Sarah finds an unfinished letter from her grandmother.
She states that “strange things are happening behind the bookcase.” When Sarah finds an opening behind the
bookcase she just has to see where it leads. Unfortunately it dumps her into
the land of Scotopia. But things aren’t what they seem in Scotopia either. Why
would her grandmother leave her an unfinished note and what is it that she is
supposed to do or learn? Why is there a
locked door in the basement that no one seems to have the key to?
This book is
full of secrets, a talking cat with his own evil agenda and fantastic worlds. More importantly the message of the
importance of family with all of their quirks is a main theme running throughout
this book. I am sad that I had the book with me at home when we were forced
into online school. None of this year’s students got the opportunity to read
this wonderful book. However, I will make sure that next year’s students hear
all about it.
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