When Greg discovers an old mansion in the woods just outside of town, he didn't expect to meet a smart, beautiful, funny, and...very dead teenaged girl named Eleanor. Now, he's in love with a ghost.
Little Phil Groundhog and his shadow do everything together, but when they grow up the more adventurous shadow wants to travel, so he leaves--but neither is happy, so Phil goes searching for his friend.
Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
"Gustav and Fernie's adventures in the Dark Country continue as they search for their families. But as they get closer to discovering their loved ones' fates, their mission is once again threatened by old foes--as well as some new, even more treacherous ones. Will Gustav and Fernie be able to battle their way through and rescue their families? Or is it too late?"--Back cover.
When Gustav convinces Fernie's safety-conscious father to enter the Gloom Mansion with Fernie and Perlie to help rescue Gustav's father from the Dark Country, there is a prison break from the Hall of Shadow Criminals, endangering them all.
Fernie and Gustav continue their search for their missing families and discover the magical Cryptic Carousel created by Gustav's grandfather which takes them on a fantastical journey through unbelievable places.
