"An enchanting, ghostly story that had me in its grip until the last
page.--Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times and USA Today
best-selling author of The False Prince
"Keep calm and carry on." That's what Katherine Bateson's father told
her, and that's what she's trying to do: when her father goes off to the
war, when her mother sends Kat and her brother and sister away from
London to escape the incessant bombing, even when the children arrive at
Rookskill Castle, an ancient, crumbling manor on the misty Scottish
highlands.
But it's hard to keep calm in the strange castle that seems haunted by
ghosts or worse. What's making those terrifying screeches and groans at
night? Why do the castle's walls seem to have a mind of their own? And
why do people seem to mysteriously appear and disappear?
Kat believes she knows the answer: Lady Eleanor, who rules Rookskill
Castle, is harboring a Nazi spy. But when her classmates begin to
vanish, one by one, Kat must uncover the truth about what the castle
actually harbors--and who Lady Eleanor really is--before it's too late.