A girl must stop the Boogeyman living in her home from stealing her
family's warmest memories in this haunting, atmospheric novel from the
author of Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times and The Accidental
Afterlife of Thomas Marsden.
When her distant aunt and uncle die, Amelia Howling is forced to move
into their home when they leave her parents in charge of their children.
Her parents assure her that it will be like having a grand adventure
with three new siblings, but Amelia is not convinced. Luckily, the house
is large, filled with nooks and crannies perfect for hiding from her
cousins.
But even with all the nooks and crannies, the rumbling and crumbling
rooms are more sinister than they seem. The house was built years ago by
a creature named Horatio, and he's been waiting for the perfect human
inhabitant: Amelia. Horatio has the power to travel through time and
memories, and lures Amelia into his world. The memories of children, he
told her, were the best, and Amelia agreed--her cousins were full of
good memories. Until she noticed that once she and Horatio visited a
memory, it was gone forever. And she had been stealing the good memories
of her cousins and their parents without even noticing!
Horrified and scared, Amelia lets her cousins in on her secret, and asks
them for help. Together, they must race through time to recover their
minds and break the perfect clockwork of the evil Calendar House.