Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's Book · Nominee
About This Book
When eleven-year-old Olive moves into a crumbling Victorian mansion with her parents, she knows there's something strange about the house - especially the odd antique paintings covering the walls. And when she puts on a pair of old spectacles, she discovers the strangest thing yet: She can travel inside the paintings, to a spooky world that's full of dark shadows. Add to that three talking cats, who live in the house and seem to be keeping secrets of their own, and Olive soon finds herself confronting a dark and dangerous power that wants to get rid of her by any means necessary. It's up to Olive to save the house from the dark shadows, before the lights go out for good.
Series Placement
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award
2014 · Intermediate · Nominee
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2013 · Intermediate · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2013 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Nene Award
2013 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Sasquatch Award
2013 · Children/Young Adult · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2013 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Bluebonnet Award
2012 · Children's · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2011 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Minnesota Book Award
2011 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
Cybils
2010 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/ELM/Midgr · Winner
