Marzana and her best friend are bored. Even though they live in a notorious city where normal rules do not apply, nothing interesting ever happens to them. Nothing, that is, until Marzanas parents are recruited to help solve an odd crime, and she realises that this could be the excitement shes been waiting for. She assembles a group of kid detectives with special skills - including the ghost of a ship captains daughter - and together, they explore hidden passageways, navigate architecture that changes overnight, and try to unravel the puzzle of who the kidnappers are - and where theyre hiding. But will they beat the deadline for a ransom thats impossible to pay? Legendary smugglers, suspicious teachers, and some scary bad guys are just a few of the adults the crew must circumvent while discovering hidden truths about their families and themselves in this smart, richly imagined tale.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Greenglass House .

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-7th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 10-12 years.

There are 480 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Kate Milford , the author of The Boneshaker, has written for stage and screen. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www. clockworkfoundry. com.