内容简介：
Lucie Archer is an eleven-year-old girl who doesnat seem to fit in with her family. Lucie tries to be restrained, but instead she is irrepressible. As a result of her latest exploit, Lucie is bumped from the familyas trip to England and is forced to spend the remainder of her summer with an uncle and a cousin she has never met. From the time Lucie arrives at her uncleas isolated, television-less house, she suspects something is sinister. Either her uncle and cousin are some sort of monsters, or there is one in the house, or the house is haunted. Without a television, Lucie has time to explore and imagine, and she is determined to uncover the houseas secrets. As she learns the secrets of the house, she learns even more about herself and her own history.