Ly, Ginger

"Suee and the Zero Detective Club are back and ready to unravel some mysteries! However, other than a bunch of missing cat cases, there really isn't too much to solve. . .That is, until Smartie--Suee's nemesis from her old school--goes missing, leaving only one clue: Newtown. Nemesis or not, it's up to Suee to find Smartie. But Smartie's disappearance isn't the only weird thing going on in this part of town. There's an army of workers in white uniforms installing strange devices, and all the adults have started acting bizarrely and ignoring their kids. With all these odd occurrences, it's up to the Zero Detective Club of Outskirtsville to find out what's going on!"--Back cover.

Twelve-year-old Suee Lee dresses all in black and has no friends--just the way she likes it. Transferring to the dim, boring Outskirts Elementary, Suee suddenly hears a strange voice speaking to her from the school's exhibit room. Then, her shadow comes to life, something dark and sinister which puts Suee and her classmates in trouble.

"When Suee transfers to the dull and ordinary Outskirts Elementary, she doesn't expect to hear a strange voice speaking to her from the darkness of the school's exhibit room, and she definitely doesn't expect to see her shadow come to life"--Back cover.