This middle-grade fantasy series follows a bookish girl who moves into an old house and discovers that the antique paintings on the walls are portals into living, dangerous worlds — and that the house holds many more secrets than her new neighbors are willing to admit. The series is atmospheric and quietly creepy, blending a love of books and imagination with genuine supernatural mystery.
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The Shadows
Recommended For Ages
10
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When eleven-year-old Olive moves into an old Victorian house, she discovers three paintings that serve as portals to a shadowy, magical world, and befriends a boy trapped inside—but the house and its former owner have dark secrets. The first in the Books of Elsewhere series, atmospheric and genuinely creepy.