Field Guide

The Grace children, twins Jared and Simon and their sister Mallory, move into their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house. It is a rambling place with odd corners, and strange things start to happen soon after they arrive.

Small acts of mischief keep turning up, and all of them get blamed on Jared. Someone ties Mallory's hair to her bed while she sleeps. Someone flash-freezes Simon's tadpoles in the freezer. For once, Jared is not the culprit.

The house is hiding something. The children find concealed elevators and a secret library, and among the books a worn old volume, a field guide to fairies and other magical creatures and what they get up to.

The siblings begin to suspect they are not alone under that roof, and the guide may be the only thing that tells them who else is living there. The children's mystery centres on the house itself, with a light, mischievous tone, and opens a series.