The House of Months and Years

A girl must stop the Boogeyman living in her home from stealing her family's warmest memories in this haunting, atmospheric novel from the author of Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times and The Accidental Afterlife of Thomas Marsden.

When her distant aunt and uncle die, Amelia Howling is forced to move into their home when they leave her parents in charge of their children. Her parents assure her that it will be like having a grand adventure with three new siblings, but Amelia is not convinced. Luckily, the house is large, filled with nooks and crannies perfect for hiding from her cousins.

But even with all the nooks and crannies, the rumbling and crumbling rooms are more sinister than they seem. The house was built years ago by a creature named Horatio, and he's been waiting for the perfect human inhabitant: Amelia. Horatio has the power to travel through time and memories, and lures Amelia into his world. The memories of children, he told her, were the best, and Amelia agreed--her cousins were full of good memories. Until she noticed that once she and Horatio visited a memory, it was gone forever. And she had been stealing the good memories of her cousins and their parents without even noticing!

Horrified and scared, Amelia lets her cousins in on her secret, and asks them for help. Together, they must race through time to recover their minds and break the perfect clockwork of the evil Calendar House.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/07/2017
ISBN: 9781481462556
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/21/2016
Booklist 12/01/2016 pg. 57
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2016
School Library Journal 01/01/2017 pg. 91
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2017 pg. 103
Shelf Awareness 02/10/2017
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2017

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 187598 / House of Months and Years
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9