Thirteens

 Eleanor is looking for a fresh start when she moves in with her aunt and uncle in Eden Eld.  Her mother always warned her never to go to Eden Eld, but now she has no choice.  Her mother set the house on fire with Eleanor inside and then disappeared.  She doesn't want anyone to know the truth about that or about how her mother saw strange things.  Eleanor used to be able to see them, too, but when that stopped, she began to wonder if her mother was just seeing things.

Now that she's back in Eden Eld, she's seeing things no one else can see again, like a giant black dog with glowing red eyes.  But she's not the only one.  Her new friends Pip and Otto can see the wrong things, too.  Not only that, they suspect something dangerous is happening in the pristine world of Eden Eld.  Eleanor, Pip, and Otto also have the same birthday, Halloween.  

As they investigate clues hidden in Ashford Manor, where Eleanor lives with her aunt and uncle, and in a strange book of fairy tales, they begin to suspect they are at the center of this mystery and that their lives might be at stake.  

Every thirteen years, the mysterious Mr. January returns to Eden Eld to make sure the town upholds its part of a bargain made hundreds of years ago.  It's all thirteens, as Eleanor and her friends realize they can't rely on anyone else to save them.

Kate Alice Marshall's new book is the perfect spooky treat for October.  Fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Stranger Things will love this one!  Highly recommended!