Billy Bones lives in the Secrets-Closet of the Biglum Family’s High Manners Manor, a palatial home filled with secrets, lies, and half-truths. His parents, Lars and Decette Bones, are dedicated, veteran secrets-keepers for the Biglum family but it turns out they have a secret of their own to guard. When young Millicent Hues, the unfortunate niece of the cruel, corrupt, and greedy Sir Barkely Braggety Biglum VI, comes to live at the Manor after the death of her parents and accidentally finds the secrets closet herself, she and Billy embark on a dangerous journey that threatens to expose both of their families to a fate worse than death itself. 287 pages

Contributed by Susan K.S. Grigsby, Teacher-Librarian