Shields, Gillian

"Ellie has everything, but she wants more. She wants an elephant. And she won't eat or sleep or brush her hair until she gets one! But when she finally gets her wish, the elephant decides to teach Ellie a thing or two about manners"--Provided by publisher.

Parent and child prepare for bed by cleaning up toys, folding clothes, talking about the events of the day, and reading a book.

When a threat from her unhappy childhood comes to the Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, Helen and her sisters in the Mystic Way must work together to fulfill their destiny.

Downtown dog Samuel Bloom rescues the posh Esme Lamour, and the two embark on an adventurous romance, but when the two get torn apart, Esme attempts to face the big city on her own in order to find Sam.

Falling in love with the mysterious Sebastian, Evie Johnson, a scholarship student at the Wyldcliffe Abbey School, is haunted by a sisterlike figure that seems to be sending her a warning.

Prompted by her love for the seemingly-doomed Sebastian, sixteen-year-old Evie Johnson returns for another term at the strangely sinister Wyldcliffe Abbey School where she and two close friends try to develop and combine their newly-discovered powers to save Sebastian and themselves from the encroaching forces of evil.

When Sarah, Evie, and Helen see that the horrors surrounding Wyldcliffe Abbey School are not over, Sarah tries to continue working in the background, being strong and good for the others, but finds herself thrust into prominence as evil surfaces again.

When Sarah, Evie, and Helen see that the horrors surrounding Wyldcliffe Abbey School are not over, Sarah tries to continue working in the background, being strong and good for the others, but finds herself thrust into prominence as evil surfaces again.