Courtney Crumrin, a little girl with big powers in black magic, is faced with a dangerous challenge when her ignorant classmates dabble in the dark arts and turn a young boy into a night thing.
Courtney Crumrin and her family move into the Victorian mansion of their rich uncle, Professor Aloysius Crumrin, and almost immediately she encounters strange creatures in dark corners that her uncle refers to as "Night Things.".
Keeping his true nature as a sorcerer hidden,young Aloysius has joined the Anti-Sorcery Society to help destroy rogue witches, but his love for a young woman may be his undoing.
Courtney and Uncle Aloysius travel to a hamlet in Germany where she meets an unusual relative who preys on her loneliness and Uncle Aloysius meets with an old acquaintance.
When Uncle Aloysius takes Courtney to Romania, they encounter a young gypsy woman who may lose her heart, or even her humanity, to a dashing violinist unless Courtney can lend assistance.
Courtney Crumrin, a little girl with big powers in black magic, is faced with a dangerous challenge when her ignorant classmates dabble in the dark arts and turn a young boy into a night thing.
Courtney Crumrin and her family move into the Victorian mansion of their rich uncle, Professor Aloysius Crumrin, and almost immediately she encounters strange creatures in dark corners that her uncle refers to as "Night Things.".
